I never said they are a bad thing. I am saying it is forfeiting a lot to the governance - seizing the means of production to them.

The bengali famine was a multifaceted issue, however primarily it was the contracts and forced control of the British. In which they withhold food availability for war time embargos along with a focus on textile farming. All the contractees then essentially focused on money rather than food, as that was the profit of a contract.