Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris...
by Spooky23 on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:23AM
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The Lord wouldn’t have allowed some lazy Irish wretch eat his horse’s clover.
During the famine, Ireland was exporting bumper crops of oats and wheat and other things. It was a completely avoidable tragedy.
Starving people would eat whatever they could to survive. There was limited aid that was privately funded and slowest to a trickle as tenants were unable to pay rents. 40% of the population died or emigrated, which reduced demand.
During the famine, Ireland was exporting bumper crops of oats and wheat and other things. It was a completely avoidable tragedy.
Starving people would eat whatever they could to survive. There was limited aid that was privately funded and slowest to a trickle as tenants were unable to pay rents. 40% of the population died or emigrated, which reduced demand.