Re: [Marxism] Debunking Third World myths

[Joonas Laine <jjonas@xxxxxx>]

killakai@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm glad someone has taken time to refute these ridiculous claims,
> but shouldn't this be something of a foregone conclusion on a marxist
> list? Some things aren't worth devoting much time or energy to.

Goddammit Jim, I'm an electrician, not a statistician..

When I watched the Rosling show some time ago, I didn't have the means 
to criticize it - some primordial suspicion hardly makes good 
"criticism", so I was willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt 
as well. Fuck, what else was I supposed to do??

I haven't had the time nor the chance to figure out about statistical 
niceties (and probably couldn't do it on my own anyway), so it's good 
that someone familiar with stuff like this takes the time to clarify the 
matter to us less worthy people who are so stupid as not being able to 
tell whether some statistical wizard is pulling their leg.

Maybe there should be something like Children's ABC to Marxism and 
Statistics list for people like me so that killakai's bandwidth wouldn't 
be wasted anymore..

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