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51 sats \ 4 replies \ @freetx 14 Aug \ on: When will the global population start to shrink? charts_and_numbers

A question: How sure are we in the widely touted numbers of global population? We hear the 7B number quite a bit, but it seems that every country and reporting body has a vested interest in inflating their numbers.

For one, inflating the numbers helps each country with its debt perception....secondly their it helps with their defense perception.

Would it surprise anyone if that 7B number was vastly off?

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 14 Aug

Let’s take USA population

I hear it’s 330 million

Are we over counting? I definitely know the number of registered voters who are citizens and alive is inflated

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 14 Aug

I definitely know the number of registered voters who are citizens and alive is inflated

Exactly. All incentives from voting, finance, security, etc all pressure to over-inflate the number.

What county / state in the US wants to reduce their members in House of Reps.....

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 14 Aug

That’s a big problem

Should we count illegal immigrants for purpose of congressional apportionment?

Should we only count citizens for congressional apportionment?

I vote no and yes

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 14 Aug

Agreed