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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by hinkley on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:36PM (#20721367)
The argument goes that starvation is usually a logistics/corruption problem as much as anything. Technically you can consider the math of supply without it, but practically it matters more than most other things.

Is the current situation unusual, or is it SNAFU?

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by fucking_tragedy on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:14PM (#20721532)
The Great Irish Famine was systemic problem, not a logistics nor corruption problem.
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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by Avshalom on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:49AM (#20722137)
what is a systemic problem that is not a logistic or corruption problem
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