As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its fourth summer, the country’s booming funeral industry offers a stark indicator of the conflict’s human toll, with soaring burial costs and growing complaints from grieving families.
We have the exact same saying here in Denmark. “Den enes død er den andens brød.”
But I don’t think it’s a very good saying, because it implies a zero sum game.
In Dutch, there’s the saying “de een zijn dood is de ander zijn brood” which roughly translates to “one man’s death is another man’s bread”
We have the exact same saying here in Denmark. “Den enes død er den andens brød.”
But I don’t think it’s a very good saying, because it implies a zero sum game.