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> But not, for example, Ireland in the 01840s and 01850s; that was neither, being colonialist and agricultural. England was a capitalistic economy in the 1850s
by cco 2y ago
> But not, for example, Ireland in the 01840s and 01850s; that was neither, being colonialist and agricultural.
England was a capitalistic economy in the 1850s, no?
- kragen 2y agoYes, and England was at that time and for almost another century causing famines in its colonies abroad by preventing them from becoming either capitalist or liberal. Ireland didn't even get the worst of it; India suffered much worse under the English yoke.
- cco 2y agoAgreed. So it sounds like capitalistic economies can cause famines?
- kragen 2y agoCertainly, if we're talking about their effects on people who aren't privileged to participate in the capitalist economy itself. Being colonized is much the same experience regardless of what economic system your colonists' families live under overseas. And I'd expect illiberal capitalist economies to cause famines, too; liberalism is more important than capitalism for preventing famines.