• HelixDab2
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    29
    ·
    6 hours ago

    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.

    • intensely_human
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      4 hours ago

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

      • Gadg8eer@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 hours ago

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