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Nah stats are like science, you cherry pick the numbers or sample size or type to get the results you want. Both sides do it. When anyone quotes stats I check out.
Except that's not true at all. The more vague a statistic is the easier it can be cherry-picked. Per capita statistics are less vague, they include fewer confounding variables. GDP can be increased in a plethora of ways without actually increasing worker productivity or wealth, such as mass immigration. GDP per capita is far harder to cherry-pick and is a much more accurate barometer of living standards. Which is why the left hate it.
Per capita can be skewed in other ways. For example, if the population sampled are descendants of those who were sent far away for financial gain and for their misbehavior. There is no doubt that the African tribes were selling into slavery members of the population that were deemed less valuable than the rum they received in return.
You mean like 13/53 when it's probably more like 5/53?!
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