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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by webnrrd2k on Thursday July 27, 2023 @05:40PM (#36900519)
WalterBright: "The US was the first country to eliminate the specter of famine around 1800. Thanks to free markets."

It's delusional to argue that The Dust Bowl was a time of cheap and abundant food.

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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by WalterBright on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:54AM (#36907670)
> You used the word famine earlier

I used it correctly, it comes from Eugene Weber's "The Western Tradition", cited earlier.

> It's delusional to argue that The Dust Bowl was a time of cheap and abundant food

I cited it. You've found no cites for famine.

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Re:Where Did Our Belief in Abundance Come From? by jychang on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:37AM (#36918192)
https://history.iowa.gov/history/education/educator-resource...

First google search result for dust bowl famine. Government websites explicitly mention “famine”. Is the Library of Congress a good enough source for you?

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