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by adamnemecek 2898 days ago
> Whataboutism aside,

Nice use of a meme word. My point was that you need to look at history in context.

> a big difference is EIC or Churchill did not try to depopulate Bengal or target it’s native population.

This is disputed https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/not-his-fines...

> Famines are caused by environmental issues, a monsoon affects crops or bad policy like Mao in China or Kim in NK

Famines can be manufactured which I believe the Bengali famine was. Holodomor was planned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor