You ever find it weird how the supposed sanctity of human life is overwritten by the need for personal comfort for 1st worlders

  • Claus [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Learning about the Bengal Famine (and Churchill's response to it) has been depressingly enlightening.

    • ProfessorAdonisCnut [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The really depressing one to me is the Bihar Famine. It was the only time the colonial administration actually took steps to alleviate a famine, and the Governor was criticized for wasting resources (and got 6-10 million killed the next famine he was governor for).

      Every one of the famines could have been handled that way, tens of millions died because they weren't.