Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism (2013)

Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by watwut on Sunday March 15, 2020 @06:29PM (#22587408)

Famines can he and were caused by goverment (whether local or occupying) taking away resources (for war or other place) or mishandling storage of resources.

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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by boomboomsubban on Sunday March 15, 2020 @11:53PM (#22589736)

As I said, there is usually a nonhuman cause and exceptions exist.

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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by watwut on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:03AM (#22590648)

All the massive famines I recall from history were in the exception category.

Plus, keeping enough supplies is one of government functions - through those prior French revolution the famines I recall were not in this category.

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Re:Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritariani... by boomboomsubban on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:35AM (#22592509)

>All the massive famines I recall from history were in the exception category

I'll provide another example. The cause of Ireland's Great Famine was the potato blight, and no one thinks that the British intentionally imported the blight to Ireland. The million deaths were the fault of the British, who chose to export food for more money rather than feed the starving people.

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