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[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

seriously.

insert potato joke

"why is that funny?"

let them try to explain

"oh, I thought it was about he Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole."

see how awkward it can get.

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 43 points 1 month ago

Even worse, the famine was entirely caused by landlords and especially the English. It wasn't a natural disaster, but a product of monoculture that was forced on the people through no fault of their own.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

It was caused by the government of England subsidizing the export of food from Ireland.

[-] ToyDork@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Initially, yes. And then when it went wrong? They doubled down on it because they WANTED people to be desperate.

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