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    1 year ago

    Nice shoehorn of anglo-saxon history, but those famines are all plagues and crop faliures for the most part.

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      1 year ago

      Why is it the rich never starve if it’s just a totally unaccountable natural disaster?

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        1 year ago

        Rich usually have more resources and ability to purchase them at elevated prices. Hope that helps

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          1 year ago

          So it’s less of a natural disaster and more of an economic disaster? I wonder why people would blame governments for that…

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            1 year ago

            It is like miles away from the intentional economical engineering we are talking about. Still not sure why you are so bent on trying to wiggle them into a comparsion between regimes and personnel more direct, intentional and immediate like Mao or Stalin.

            If you dont distinguish from those, then why even have a debate on them?

            The joke implied that the question intended to ask one or very few directly involved personnel and you disregarded that. Thats it.

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              1 year ago

              Right sure, when the British intentionally abuse Ireland and India it’s really just a whoopsie-daisy.

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                1 year ago

                Should I really do the same kind of jumping to conclusions?

                Are you saying that the largest completely man made famine ever does not really deserve that much of a recognition?

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        1 year ago

        Im pretty sure that was not during the drought itself, nor really caused it. It economically made sense and then probably exacerbated the famine.

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          It wasn’t just the drought. Indigo cropping destroyed the soil first, drought exacerbated the problems.

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        1 year ago

        No

        A famine is a widespread scarcity of food,[1][2] caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies.