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Re:Japan: The Harbinger State by steveBK123 on Monday January 23, 2023 @08:27AM (#34488465)
No one is saying Iceland should take 80% immigrants. A rational conversation is that US takes a higher % of immigrants than most of the developed world. No one sane is comparing notional numbers comparing a 330M country & small 5M countries.

Talking % terms means it doesn't matter the base size.

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Re:Japan: The Harbinger State by andsoitis on Monday January 23, 2023 @11:03AM (#34490473)
> Talking % terms means it doesn't matter the base size.

I think wether or not it matters depends on whether the effects of an increase is linear, sub linear, exponential, etc.

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