I keep thinking of bad things and then say "wow I bet Hexbear would like this thing" and then I smugly smile while shit leaks out of my pants. Both ends.

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[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought it dipped tremendously when the Soviet Union was officially dismantled

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

It dipped significantly but this graph is at a scale that includes Tsarist Russia where people were serfs with no access to medicine in a pre-industrial society. Having some extremely basic stuff like food and vaccines makes it virtually impossible to get that low again (unless you're being invaded by Nazis).

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Have you seen the scale? There's a 5 year drop starting in 1991. It's not as massive as the gains made under communism, but it's a very significant reduction in life expectancy.