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If we graphed all famines by deaths per capita, would we observe a signal indicating when British colonial rule began? I’m curious to explore this when I’m bac
by Waterluvian 3y ago
If we graphed all famines by deaths per capita, would we observe a signal indicating when British colonial rule began?
I’m curious to explore this when I’m back at a PC.
- ralfd 3y agoMy guess would be ramping up population growth. Any wealth created by colonial rule, and British technology / peace / medicine, would be turned into more people surviving into adulthood.
- polygamous_bat 3y ago> Any wealth created by colonial rule, and British technology / peace / medicine, would be turned into more people surviving into adulthood. As opposed to, what? The destitution that comes with independence? It seems to suggest the colonized people were savages killing each other before the British stopped by so generously.
- jvanderbot 3y agoYou would. Of course. But not necessarily because of western rule causing famine, perhaps because of improved record keeping. Just looking at the spans in GP comment, it seems the gaps are getting shorter.
- dmix 3y agoThat's a good point, we probably only know most of the really bad ones or historically relevant ones. Just like volcano eruptions.
- Waterluvian 3y agoGreat point. I feel like statistics could have been so much more fun in school had I really embraced the joy of mystery solving.