cenarius871@sh.itjust.works to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoLife expectancy 1870-2021 China, Russia and World avarageourworldindata.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkLife expectancy 1870-2021 China, Russia and World avarageourworldindata.orgcenarius871@sh.itjust.works to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarecenarius871@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-26 months agoBut even with that disaster Mao still raised life expectancy more than the world average from 1955 to 1976(when he died).
minus-squareAItoothbrushlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYeah i guess if you kill tens of millions with forced labour you build out a pretty good industrial sector. Also you have less people to worry about because you just killed them so i guess a win win in the eyes of some people.
minus-squarecenarius871@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agopopulation grew more than 60% under mao https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population-long-run-with-projections And there was a shorter work week than was after 1991. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-working-hours-per-worker?country=GBR~CHN And i dont support the bad stuff that was done.
But even with that disaster Mao still raised life expectancy more than the world average from 1955 to 1976(when he died).
Yeah i guess if you kill tens of millions with forced labour you build out a pretty good industrial sector. Also you have less people to worry about because you just killed them so i guess a win win in the eyes of some people.
population grew more than 60% under mao https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population-long-run-with-projections
And there was a shorter work week than was after 1991. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-working-hours-per-worker?country=GBR~CHN
And i dont support the bad stuff that was done.