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Anon goes to dinner with coworkers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by Early_To_Risa to c/greentext

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Even 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was caused by the government of England subsidizing the export of food from Ireland.

[–] ToyDork 10 points 2 months ago

Initially, yes. And then when it went wrong? They doubled down on it because they WANTED people to be desperate.