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A bit of a digression, but the same was true of famines in India under British rule. India (i.e. Britain) was exporting rice and wheat to England at the same ti
by xenocyon 6y ago
A bit of a digression, but the same was true of famines in India under British rule. India (i.e. Britain) was exporting rice and wheat to England at the same time that a third of Bengal died from starvation.
- sudosteph 6y agoThe famine/genocide in the Ukraine ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor )had a similar dynamic too. Ukraine was exporting food to the USSR while ~4 million native Ukranians died and millions more experienced serious sickness or complications / birth defects. It's pretty sickening to consider how often man-made starvation has been used as a weapon against particular nations/ethnic groups. Especially since it so often gets hand-waved away as an "act of god" later.
- chewz 6y agoLast but not least Great Chinese Famine - exporting food to finance rapid militarization. 15 milions dead - conservative estimate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao%27s_Great_Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao%27s_Great_Famine