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Too soon! (lemmy.world)

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[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago

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

[-] KepBen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Because they have money duuh.

[-] KepBen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[-] KepBen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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?

[-] KepBen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nope. I'm just saying they're all "man-made".

[-] LicenseToChill@lemdro.id 0 points 2 years ago

The rich and the party cadres

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

They forced farmers to grow indigo crops instead of natural cotton/wheat/rice.

[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Filthmontane@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

All famines are crop failures. That's kinda how famines happen.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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.

[-] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I suppose you can consider getting your crops blown up a crop failure

this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
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