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NO, it was a fully deliberate, human engineered famine, with explicit intent of "traitor nation" elimination.
by baybal2 6y ago
NO, it was a fully deliberate, human engineered famine, with explicit intent of "traitor nation" elimination.
- sudosysgen 6y agoIf it was, then how was this because of Central planning? Man-made, engineered famines have happened under capitalism too, it's not hard to twist and jerk the market into a famine given material circumstances like those that made it possible for the Holodomor.
- baybal2 6y agoA valid argument. British Raj instantly comes to mind.
- 082349872349872 6y agoI believe the (Chicago?) commodities markets explicitly do not deal in onion futures, because perishability meant that market was far too easy to manipulate.