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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

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