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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by bitcurious on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:45AM (#36813663)
> Only way back, when the US had the "Great Depression" and millions of starving people as well.

The US had millions of hungry people. At the peak of the Great Depression, deaths from starvation peaked at a (still terrible) ~110k. Under Soviet rule, an order of magnitude more, actually millions, perished unnecessarily from hunger just in Ukraine.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ushistory2os2xmaster/...

Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by coldtea on Friday July 21, 2023 @10:33AM (#36814265)
In much worse conditions, with much worse winters, and from a much worse starting point, in a much more under-industrialized society.