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"India defuses its population bomb" "When famine struck, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson initially refused to deliver food aid, citing the country’s high birt
by adultSwim 5y ago
"India defuses its population bomb"
"When famine struck, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson initially refused to deliver food aid, citing the country’s high birth rate."
This moralistic Western framing is concerning.
- ffwszgf 5y agoIt has little to do with birth rates and more to do with the Indian governments closeness to the USSR. LBJ thought it was ridiculous that India would vote against American interests in the UN and then turn around and beg for food