Starvation

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨RockBottom@feddit.org⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

All people having starved to death since the end of the Cold War are victims of capitalism.

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sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Plenty of people before the cold war as well imo. The indian famines are a great example.

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Limerance@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The famines in the DPRK as well?

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- RockBottom@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Ah, the sanctions! You‘re right!!!
  
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Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I can get behind that

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A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
But there are also plenty of examples to the contrary - before the cold war, not capitalist. E.g. Holodomor

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- RockBottom@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Wasn‘t that a grievience rather than planning failure, though?
  
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  - A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    No.
    
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  - wltr@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You’re welcome to read Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder.
    
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Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Or they got lost in the bush

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