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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by jl6 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:55AM (#36104009)
People hunger for simple good-guy/bad-guy narratives to help make sense of a complex world, and there are many charlatans eager to serve up a big ol’ helping of simplicity that just happens to suit their interests.
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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by gishbunker on Sunday May 28, 2023 @10:16AM (#36104172)
Stealing food from a nation, resulting in millions of deaths, is a pretty clear "bad guy" move.

There are plenty of clear cut bad guy moments in history, falsely equivocating and saying "it's complicated" is a way to undermine critique.

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