justafrog

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So, I've been reading "Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World" by Mike Davis. And as he recounts famine after famine, each of which claimed millions of lives, I in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] The British Empire repeatedly let its colonies starve simply because food could be sold for a profit somewhere else.

They've done that in so many places.

Sure, not each colony every single time, but that just makes it clear they always had a choice and chose to let people starve.

If you own 1/3 of the world, you really can't convince me you don't have the resources, anyway.