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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

They've always had a monsoon cycle were there were periods of unsustainable growth leading up to a famine.

When things were good, this stuff is what the leaders had people work on, instead of preparing for the famines.

So....

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Indian region has historically has been pretty resilient to famines, the exception to that is during British rule there were several famines leading to the starvation and deaths of millions. The consensus seems to be that these famines were a result of British policy. I've never heard of this unsustainable growth and famine argument I'd love to read more if you can provide sources

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Only if you ignore the thousands of years of famine before the British, and the recent famines after the British...

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

thousands of years of famine? I'd love to read more let me know!

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Periods of unsustainable growth leading to a famine? Can you quote any sources on that?

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yet, somehow the largest population

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