I said that the world is not a nice place. And Dragonlich asked me why. Here are a few indicators of how the other 90% live....
How Others Live
- 2.4bn people (one third of the world) live without decent sanitation.
- 1.1bn people live without access to clean water.
- 1.3bn live on less than $1 a day ($365 p.a.)
- 830 million people (3 times the population of the USA) live in "chronic hunger", rendering them unable to do normal activities or live healthy lives.
- 300m people (the population of the US) are suffering from AIDS, TB or Malaria. The vast majority of these face the full effects of these diseases, without medical relief.
- In the 1990s there were 100 armed conflicts.
- 20m people (the pop. of Australia) are currently refugees or internally displaced due to war.
- 6m children are seriously injured or disabled as a result of conflict.
How Others Die
- 12m people die a year from lack of water.
- 6m children under 5 die a year from hunger/malnourishment.
- 5m people die of TB, Malaria and AIDS each year.
- 1m people die in wars each year.
All I have listed here are the extreme cases of suffering and death in the world. This does not even touch on general hardship (for example the above list contains hardly anyone in England or US, but surely some suffering exists in the West too.)
I could go on, but I think this will give you enough of an impression as to why I think that the world is not always "cool".
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