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[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 68 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, it wasn’t the worst famine in history, and Mao didn’t personally cause it. China had horrible famines every few years for Millennia, the fact that it happened once under socialism can’t be attributed to socialism. China hasn’t had any famine since, so historically Socialism has done a lot to end famine.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

Imagine a machine that routinely breaks down. You take over maintenance for it, it breaks once more, then under your care never again. The story is that you finally fixed the machine, not that it broke down for the 100th time at the start of your tenure.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

To reinforce your point:

Between 108 BC and 1911 AD, there were no fewer than 1,828 recorded famines in China, or once nearly every year in one province or another.

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