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minus-squareFarvanalinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·2 years agoNo, what they proved is it’s hard as fuck to go from zero industry to the most industry when most of the world’s wealthy want you to fail. Famine was and is a real societal threat and we forget that it happened regularly not that long ago.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 years agoThere’s no way I’m going to let you characterize the Great Leap Forward as “famine happens.” That is absolutely criminal apologism.
No, what they proved is it’s hard as fuck to go from zero industry to the most industry when most of the world’s wealthy want you to fail. Famine was and is a real societal threat and we forget that it happened regularly not that long ago.
There’s no way I’m going to let you characterize the Great Leap Forward as “famine happens.” That is absolutely criminal apologism.