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[โ€“] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

India: Bengal Famine was orchestrated by Britain knowing the consequences would be mass death, there is a good argument that this was therefore genocide. Not historical consensus but very much possibly so.

Well since the EU and US are now firm on the Holodomor being a genocide, by that same definition (that plays very fast and loose with genocidal intent) most Indian famines and the Irish potato famine are almost certainly genocides.

Yeah if you consider the Holodomor a genocide you absolutely MUST consider the Indian and Irish Famines a genocide. It would be ludicrous otherwise.