Depends on which class you’re born into. I can think of worse places.
I wouldn’t want to be born into Russia. They could still be running citizens through the war meatgrinder in 18 years.
Papua New Guinea is probably my last choice, though. I worked for a company once that ranked destinations by risk levels on several metrics; they were pretty objective about it, as they provided risk mitigation services, and were paid on subscription, not service use - which meant that when customers had to use their services, it cost them money. Anyway, PNG was the worst. Lots of native health risks from flora, fauna, and disease; a severely under-equipped local healthcare system; high levels of corruption, and high levels of violence. And it’s poor, making it hard to escape from (not prison-wise, just opportunity-wise). It’s simply one of the most dangerous places on the planet, excluding active war zones.
I’d much rather be born into relatively (global average) wealthy dictatorship such as China, than PNG.
Depends on which class you’re born into. I can think of worse places.
I wouldn’t want to be born into Russia. They could still be running citizens through the war meatgrinder in 18 years.
Papua New Guinea is probably my last choice, though. I worked for a company once that ranked destinations by risk levels on several metrics; they were pretty objective about it, as they provided risk mitigation services, and were paid on subscription, not service use - which meant that when customers had to use their services, it cost them money. Anyway, PNG was the worst. Lots of native health risks from flora, fauna, and disease; a severely under-equipped local healthcare system; high levels of corruption, and high levels of violence. And it’s poor, making it hard to escape from (not prison-wise, just opportunity-wise). It’s simply one of the most dangerous places on the planet, excluding active war zones.
I’d much rather be born into relatively (global average) wealthy dictatorship such as China, than PNG.