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capitalist made famine (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, and then because they were fully reliant on a single crop to provide their food, when the potato blight reached Europe, the Irish were extra fucked.

[โ€“] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

Yes, the same blight affected france, belgium and others. It wasnt their main food source, so it led to scarcety but not famine.