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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They justified these headlines by comparing it as a proportion of population, because we all know that murder is graded based on general statistics instead of real lives. For example, The Vietnam War was America committing over 12,000 9/11's...

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Also, inflation.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems kind of low, honestly.

I assume the Cambodian bombing campaign wasn't included?

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

More like 800 9/11s (from both sides) if its not per capita.