• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They’ve always had a monsoon cycle were there were periods of unsustainable growth leading up to a famine.

    When things were good, this stuff is what the leaders had people work on, instead of preparing for the famines.

    So…

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      The Indian region has historically has been pretty resilient to famines, the exception to that is during British rule there were several famines leading to the starvation and deaths of millions. The consensus seems to be that these famines were a result of British policy. I’ve never heard of this unsustainable growth and famine argument I’d love to read more if you can provide sources

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        Only if you ignore the thousands of years of famine before the British, and the recent famines after the British…

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          thousands of years of famine? I’d love to read more let me know! Also I don’t believe there have been any famines after the British left.