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capitalist made famine (thelemmy.club)
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[-] walden@wetshav.ing 20 points 1 month ago

I learned from a podcast that famine is almost always caused by government, so this one is not an exception.

[-] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Post-industrial revolution this seems to be true. Things like droughts and blights and floods and such were real problems in deeper historical times.

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