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Not true. The 20th century saw more civilian deaths than the total world population for most of human history.
by ummonk 3y ago
Not true. The 20th century saw more civilian deaths than the total world population for most of human history.
- int_19h 3y agoOnly in absolute numbers. But e.g. Mongol conquests wiped out >10% of the entire world population over the course of about a century. All of our 20th century wars don't add up to that.
- ummonk 3y agoGP claimed the decline was in absolute terms, not just percentage of population. On that note though, WW2 killed 3% of the world population in the span of 6 years.