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This is true, it lasted 7 years. 1 million died, 1 million forced to emigrate, 25% of Ireland's population There was a potato blight, potatoes were grown by th

by deepnet 10y ago

This is true, it lasted 7 years. 1 million died, 1 million forced to emigrate, 25% of Ireland's population There was a potato blight, potatoes were grown by the Irish folk for sustenance. Many Irish peasants & farmers starved to death on Absentee Estate Farms which were exporting food crops to be sold - worse aid from England was withheld for considerable time. It is a shameful episode in the History between Ireland and England. In those times many viewed the lower classes and other nationalities as somehow less human than themselves.

mschuster91 10y ago
> In those times many viewed the lower classes and other nationalities as somehow less human than themselves. Just look at the current migration issues (I refuse to call it a "crisis" or "problem", as that dehumanizes the refugees) in Europe. These times are (no longer) past, they resurface right now with all the ugliness. Especially Eastern Europe, where millions of people fled the Sowjet bloc and were accepted by Western Europe, now refuses to aid others. It's sick.