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HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 months agoEven worse, the famine was entirely caused by landlords and especially the English. It wasn’t a natural disaster, but a product of monoculture that was forced on the people through no fault of their own.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It was caused by the government of England subsidizing the export of food from Ireland.
ToyDork@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Initially, yes. And then when it went wrong? They doubled down on it because they WANTED people to be desperate.