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A lot of People already can't afford food in the US. You think the Potato Famine was caused by not enough food and not governmental / economic ineptitude? That
by blkhawk 3y ago
A lot of People already can't afford food in the US. You think the Potato Famine was caused by not enough food and not governmental / economic ineptitude? That is like arguing bullets kill people not guns.
- maxwell 3y agoSounds like the parent was referring to the Pacte de Famine and Flour War.
- danaris 3y agoThe potato famine (which had nothing to do with Louis XVI) wasn't even caused by ineptitude. It was caused by outright cruelty. Ireland had plenty of food at the time. It was just going to feed the English overlords. Potatoes were all that the Irish were allowed to keep, so when the blight hit, they starved.
- __MatrixMan__ 3y agoBeing cruel to the point where the farmers that feed you are dying is also ineptitude. Similar story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943