Noam Chomsky: 'There's never been a moment in human history' like this one

Re:Noam Chomsky: 'There's never been a moment in human histo... by NicolasGorden on Sunday August 30, 2020 @12:57AM (#24321468)

I'm not sure of the 'off the charts' point regarding Sweden and USA in terms of Corona virus. These countries currently rank #7 and #9 respectively on world wide deaths per one million population and significantly below other countries: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deat...

Unless he is talking about raw numbers, but then that's not a very honest argument.

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Re:Noam Chomsky: 'There's never been a moment in human histo... by happytoexplain on Sunday August 30, 2020 @03:21AM (#24321922)

I see this point of view a lot, and it's a little scary. Per-capita numbers are obviously highly valuable, but why is the raw number of people dead somehow meaningless?

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Re:Noam Chomsky: 'There's never been a moment in human histo... by rich_sasha on Sunday August 30, 2020 @04:12AM (#24322077)

Not meaningless, but otherwise you are mostly comparing the _sizes_ of countries. Is being a bigger country (with more deaths) more dramatic than being a smaller one?

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Re:Noam Chomsky: 'There's never been a moment in human histo... by kyleee on Sunday August 30, 2020 @03:39AM (#24321967)

Nobody said the raw number of deaths is meaningless.

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