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%.
TODAY, LESS OF HUMANITY WILL EXPERIENCE WAR
AND CONFLICT THAN IN ANY OTHER PERIOD OF
HUMAN HISTORY
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
THE MURDER RATE IN EUROPE FELL 35 FOLD FROM
THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 1900’S
VIOLENT CRIME IN THE US FELL FROM A PEAK OF
750 CRIMES PER 100,000 AMERICANS TO ONLY
450 IN 2009
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.
ALTHOUGH SYSTEMIC RACISM, SEXISM, AND
DISCRIMINATION STILL EXIST, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF GOVERNMENTS HAVE PASSED LAWS TO END
DISCRIMINATION.
DATA SHOWS CONSISTENT DECLINES IN FORCED
LABOUR, GENDER INEQUALITIES, AND EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
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