Because it bears repeating
H/T Pascal.
Post this on your page, too. The more people know about this, the better. The “progressives” want to stop this, they want the world back to the poor and sick stage, for they “believe” (there’s that word I hate so much again) they deserve to be the only healthy, wealthy ones.
Where you see the econazis at work, you see the potential reversal of these trends.
That is an awsome use of visual data.
The underlaying data is of course useless since there is no common stable currency for 200 years and 200 countries nor is there any reliable reporting on life spans. So the x and y axis are based on unreliable and unprovable data.
But there is no doubt that the general trends are good enough to make his point.
So the x and y axis are based on unreliable and unprovable data.
For detailed analysis, yes; for ballpark visualizations designed for impact, they work just fine. It’s all about what you’re trying to get out of your audience.
Addendum: The above should be kept in mind any time someone uses statistics to try and prove an emotional or philosophical point.
My dear old pappy used to say that anyone who pines for the “Good Old Days” is a fkn idiot.
With the coming Global Depression and the resultant Severe Austerity, it will be interesting to see what happens to these stats.
Libs — the point I made when I posted this at my site was “The reversal of this is the aim of
ProgressivesRegressives. Who or what is gonna stop ’em?Oops — I didn’t realize you had added the point about reversal being the aim, Og.
That’s one of the drawback of reading everything from Google Reader — It’s too easy to miss updates to the original post.
Pascal – Indeed.
I used to think anyone who thought Regressives WANTED to see Western Civilization crash and burn was a wee bit paranoid. I always thought Regressives were just wrong and stupid, not Evil.
After watching their actions for a few decades, I now think differently.