• BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Germany killed 60% of European Jews between 1933 and 1945, which is 5% per year or 1.25% every three months.

      Israel has killed 1% of Gaza’s population in three months, and if they maintain current pace will be at 4% per year.

      So they’re 80% as efficient if they sustain the current rate. Not a huge discrepancy.

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          10 months ago

          That’s exactly how percentages work. The pre-war population of Gaza was 2.3 million. If Israel kills 23,000 Gazans in three months, then that’s 1% of the population.

          If Israel kills another 23,000 Gazans in the next three months, that’s another 1% of the pre-war population, and Gaza’s population will now be 98% of the pre-war total. And so on.

          If you’re trying to say that percentages can only be calculated in the context of compound rates, then you’re flat-out wrong.