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minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up30·10 hours agoThe potato blight was a natural disaster. The famine was caused by the British exporting the same amount of potatoes out of Ireland as before.
minus-squarevind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·10 hours agoThey didn’t export potatoes out of Ireland, they exported everything else. Meaning there was no other food but potatoes for the Irish to eat.
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 hours agoThat, the rent system, and the British actively preventing aid (not at their expense!) really turned a bad situation into a full-blown genocide.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoAlso, monoculture, but yeah. Points at Cavendish bananas.
The potato blight was a natural disaster.
The famine was caused by the British exporting the same amount of potatoes out of Ireland as before.
They didn’t export potatoes out of Ireland, they exported everything else. Meaning there was no other food but potatoes for the Irish to eat.
That, the rent system, and the British actively preventing aid (not at their expense!) really turned a bad situation into a full-blown genocide.
Also, monoculture, but yeah. Points at Cavendish bananas.
Ahh, I see.