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Whataboutism aside, a big difference is EIC or Churchill did not try to depopulate Bengal or target it’s native population. In Germany, the Jewish population w
by ap3 8y ago
Whataboutism aside, a big difference is EIC or Churchill did not try to depopulate Bengal or target it’s native population.
In Germany, the Jewish population was blamed for the countries problems and their extermination was a stated objective of the government’s policy. Concentration camps, gas chambers - they even extended this to other countries: Belgium, France, Poland, Russia
Famines are caused by environmental issues, a monsoon affects crops or bad policy like Mao in China or Kim in NK
- adamnemecek 8y ago> Whataboutism aside, Nice use of a meme word. My point was that you need to look at history in context. > a big difference is EIC or Churchill did not try to depopulate Bengal or target it’s native population. This is disputed https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/not-his-finest-hour-the-dark-side-of-winston-churchill-2118317.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/not-his-fines... > Famines are caused by environmental issues, a monsoon affects crops or bad policy like Mao in China or Kim in NK Famines can be manufactured which I believe the Bengali famine was. Holodomor was planned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
- __sr__ 8y ago> Famines are caused by environmental issues, a monsoon affects crops or bad policy like Mao in China or Kim in NK Maybe — but at the same time tonnes of grains — which should have been sent to provide relief to the affected — were being sent to British troops fighting all over the world.