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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by reducesuffering on Saturday November 04, 2023 @07:44AM (#38140138)
Should facts about a country be ignored because they paint it in a less positive light and some citizens might not feel great about that?

Only 16.7%, decreasing, of people in India think “most people in my country can be trusted.” However in Norway it’s 73.7%, increasing. Should we never talk about GDP per capita discrepancies? First step in addressing these issues is acknowledging there may be a problem.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/self-reported-trust-attit...

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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by marcosdumay on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:59AM (#38142247)
Do you really believe the GP's comment follows from that statistic you pointed out?
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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by horrible-hilde on Saturday November 04, 2023 @12:17PM (#38142432)
I think its about government regulation on food more than anything else.
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Re:How to stop turmeric from killing people by darth_avocado on Saturday November 04, 2023 @12:22PM (#38142474)
No but presenting something as a result of “low trust society” is just lazy. We have plenty of examples of what’s being accused of here in the US. Monsanto poisons the country with Roundup, Big Pharma poisons the country with addictive drugs, Fracking poisons drinking water for millions, etc. But somehow that’s never a result of a “low trust society” because it’s not in a developing country.
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