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Please do share what capitalist country had a famine in the past century.
by logicchains 6mo ago
Please do share what capitalist country had a famine in the past century.
- forinti 6mo agoLots of African countries have market economies and also poverty and hunger.
- throwthrowuknow 6mo agoPoverty and hunger are not famine
- ModernMech 6mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943
- iso1631 6mo agoNiger springs to mind, massively capitalist with a lot of oil and mining
- pigpop 6mo agoMassively capitalist in what way? They have a long history of price controls and nationalization and their current military junta is trying to nationalize the uranium industry. How could you even imagine a free market operating in a country that has a revolving door government that alternates between military dictatorships and transitional officials?
- ceejayoz 6mo agoGive it a bit! https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/g-s1-115240/iran-war-strait-hormuz-fertilizer-exports-farmers-planting-season https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/g-s1-115240/iran-war-strait-h... (I'm being snarky here, but COVID definitely exposed some supply chain vulnerabilities.)