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		Pigalowda 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its riva... Did he say 80%? That’s definitely pretty high. China by itself is already about 20% of the world population.

Jensson 10 months ago [–]

The part I quoted was: "That's a luxury life for 80% of the planet."

So yeah he said that.

Pigalowda 10 months ago | [–]

Well, 71% of the world’s surface is ocean and about 10% is desert. So that’s over 81% of the planet. I think we can now both agree that you are completely wrong and I am completely right.

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