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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

why call it man-made then? sure you can argue that man-made doesn't mean 'deliberate' but thats not how most people would interpret it. 'famine' is the clear neutral term.

If you only read the first paragraph and ignore the rest of the article you deserve to not understand anything.

where is mention of 'man-made' in Bengal Famine?

Feel free to add it. I'll support the change

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you only read the first paragraph and ignore the rest of the article you deserve to not understand anything.

misleading people is good, got it.

Feel free to add it. I'll support the change

First, the page is protected, also good luck getting that past mayo ass mods.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't think it's misleading. Distinguishing between famines caused solely by external factors, and famines caused in part or in whole by policy, seems entirely reasonable. I was responding to your assertion that someone might misunderstand the meaning of "man-made".

The biases of Wikipedia reflect the biases of its editors (there are Wikipedia articles about that). It could be a great tool for radicalization, but I suppose it's easier to just complain about it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

There haven't really been that many famines throughout history (at the very least in the last few centuries) that have been caused by there not being enough food to eat per se. Most of them are caused by food being distributed away (either directly via railroads or "indirectly" by market forces and speculation) towards places that already have enough food.

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