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OPTIMISTIC WORLD STATISTICS

Added on: 31st Mar 2016

 

IN 1995 LESS THAN 1% OF THE WORLD HAD AN

INTERNET CONNECTION. TODAY THAT NUMBER IS 40%.

internet connectivity

 

 

TODAY, LESS OF HUMANITY WILL EXPERIENCE WAR

AND CONFLICT THAN IN ANY OTHER PERIOD OF

HUMAN HISTORY

peace

 

 

ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF SLAVES IN THE WORLD

HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED (ALONG WITH THE

GLOBAL POPULATION), UNLIKE 300 YEARS AGO

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE COUNTRY IN THE

WORLD WHERE SLAVERY IS LEGAL

no slavery

 

 

THE MURDER RATE IN EUROPE FELL 35 FOLD FROM

THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 1900’S

police line do not cross

 

 

VIOLENT CRIME IN THE US FELL FROM A PEAK OF

750 CRIMES PER 100,000 AMERICANS TO ONLY

450 IN 2009

violent crime in the United States

 

 

COUNTRIES AND EVEN AMERICAN STATES

(NEW YORK) WITH THE LOWEST INCARCERATION

RATES HAVE ALSO SEEN THEIR CRIME RATES

DRASTICALLY FALL. SIMILAR STATISTICS ACCOMPANY

THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY.

jail cell

 

 

ALTHOUGH SYSTEMIC RACISM, SEXISM, AND

DISCRIMINATION STILL EXIST, THE VAST MAJORITY

OF GOVERNMENTS HAVE PASSED LAWS TO END

DISCRIMINATION.

gavel

 

 

DATA SHOWS CONSISTENT DECLINES IN FORCED

LABOUR, GENDER INEQUALITIES, AND EDUCATIONAL

ATTAINMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

globalization

 


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