This Cartoon was Rejected 6 Years ago for being Unfair and Alarmist

https://lemmy.world/post/28796055

This Cartoon was Rejected 6 Years ago for being Unfair and Alarmist - Lemmy.World

By Professor Marc Murphy of the Brandeis School of Law

2016 was worse for America than 9/11.
Yes. Trump’s failure during Covid was killing a 9/11’s worth of Americans weekly.
give 'em some time. it’s still early in the first quarter and he’s still getting warmed up
And yet somehow there are still far more people in the USA than there were before COVID struck. What gives?
Yes, it’s a real mystery why a country that has over 3 million births per year is increasing in population after 1 million more people than usual died over a few years.
Not to mention all the immigrants, legal or not, that keep pouring into the country
Far more? How about some support for that statement.

US Population in 2019 was approximately 334 million, it’s now approximately 343 million.

www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/…/population

U.S. Population 1950-2025 | MacroTrends

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

So the difference is basically a bit more than a rounding error, or from correctly counting people.
What gives? Your logic for sure.
Yeah this is 2025, you can’t just say something overtly dumb and expect people to understand it was a joke.
Republicans preventing the US from joining the first world probably kills more than that every week.
First, second, and third world country idealogy is outdated.
Well, the US has joined the second world now, but not in the way that the parent commenter means it.
Yep, we’re now aligned with Russia.
Trump was already responsible for one 9/11’s worth of American deaths when he refused to send aid after Hurricane Maria. Then COVID happened.