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Millions? The number of men who died shitting themselves with a government issued piece of iron gripped in their hands and zero choice about being there is pr
by the_lonely_road 5y ago
Millions? The number of men who died shitting themselves with a government issued piece of iron gripped in their hands and zero choice about being there is probably in the billions not millions. (98 billion dead humans, presumably 49 billion of them men). The lions share of the rest of those billions toiling in fields would no doubt have joined those others in living a life of air conditioned immersive competition/story telling and considered themselves having won at life.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoHere's the data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll Maybe 1B total over all of history. The number of humans who have ever lived is estimated at 100B. So, what, 1% have died in war? Back of the envelope.