Reply #22: This may all be true [View All]

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but I think that India was also greatly helped by the fact that it had thrown off British rule and embraced democracy. They are rather proud of the fact that they have not suffered a major famine since independence. Sadly, starvation is often as much the result of political decisions as it is of agricultural failures. The book 'Late Victorian Holocausts' by Mike Davis shows how Malthusian and free market mantras were used to justify allowing millions to perish. I suppose the die off enthusiasts might put this down to the population exceeding the carrying capacity of the land. Personally, I think its more akin to genocide.