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Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris... by wavefunction on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:08AM (#15922789)
The English forced the Irish to grow potatoes and then withheld grain shipments during the famine from their abundant surplussed stores.

It's a situation the English have repeated in numerous countries and eras and one of the reasons I think England has a lot to answer for.

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