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KeepTangoAndFoxtrot t1_j5oetwv wrote

Reply to comment by TheCriticalAmerican in Development if largest military budgets in recent years by Ashjaeger_MAIN

>There's no reason to have two axis on one graph like that, unless you're intentionally trying to be disingenuous.

Not completely true -- it's somewhat common to have two vertical axes in a graph that's trying to show a correlation between two charts. However, when those axes are showing the same unit, then yes, it does seem like it would be intentionally misleading. This graph in particular was justifiably criticized for its misleading nature.

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TheCriticalAmerican t1_j5ofek0 wrote

>However, when those axes are showing the same unit, then yes, it does seem like it would be intentionally misleading.

This. I have no idea why someone would show the same unit. I've seen this when units are different, but there's really no use case for two axes when they have the same unit.

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