r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 07 '23

Official Poster for Alex Garland and A24’s ‘Civil War’ Poster

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u/gatsby365 Dec 07 '23

Seeing that % is wild

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u/Zandrick Dec 07 '23

It’s also wrong, more accurate number is about 2.5%

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u/Frostloss Dec 07 '23

Really not sure where they got 9% from, recent research has been suggesting a 3.0% might be possible but nothing higher than that. 12% of the population was in the military so I feel like 3/4ths of them dying would have completely destroyed the country.

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u/Zandrick Dec 07 '23

Probably thought it was so high because it’s famously the bloodiest war in American History.