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If I recall correctly, it was land reform that led to the potato famine being as devastating as it was. I'm not sure Ireland is a good example.
by KGIII 9y ago
If I recall correctly, it was land reform that led to the potato famine being as devastating as it was. I'm not sure Ireland is a good example.
- frabbit 9y agoYou remember incorrectly. The famine was the result of laissez-faire capitalism (Wiki-1) combined with active discrimination against the majority Catholic population which explicitly interfered with the paternalist regulation of land in the interests of the majority. And Ireland is not the only EU nation with a history of positive land reform movements in the late 19th and early 20th century. -- Refs: Wiki-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Landlords_and_tenants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Landlor...
- jessaustin 9y agoShould tyrants really be praised for slightly moderating their tyranny? Ireland was happy and agriculturally productive for millennia before the Tudor Conquest. That the Plantation of Ulster was a slow-motion disaster, makes it no less a disaster.