Despite representing just 8% of the world’s population, the region accounts for nearly one-third of global homicides.

Breaking Latin America’s Cycle of Low Growth and Violence

North and Sub-Saharran Africa are poorer than Latin America but have much less murder going on. What’s going on in Latin America?

  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
    21·
    6 hours ago

    a life in depression is subjectively worth less.

    Most people have their sufferings. In the end, most people even die from some suffering or other. That is just a part of life, and you cannot substract it away from it.

    I don’t know why depression should be so different from all other diseases or troubles. I don’t know why it should affect the value of life? How would you value a life with no arms and legs, for example? How would the person with no arms and legs value their own life? Have you ever asked one?

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 hours ago

      Most people have their sufferings. In the end, most people even die from some suffering or other. That is just a part of life

      I think you skipped an interim there.

      I don’t know why depression should be so different from all other diseases or troubles.

      Other diseases can cause depression, but it is only when depression hits the subjective value of your life really degrades.

      • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
        11·
        2 hours ago

        You seem to think that…

        SUBJECTIVE

        … deserves so many capital letters AND is the only thing that counts. Well, then maybe I should officially allow you to NOT read my texts anymore.