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> the Irish famine due to not having housing?

An often overlooked, but important, aspect of the Irish famine is how landlords and the ever increasing subdivisions of their property[1] brought about the conditions for the famine, and how evictions afterward[2] hastened the deaths of already starving people.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Tenants...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)#Evictio...




Yep. This is why history is important to learn.

People arguing this is authoritarianism clearly don't have to worry about going homeless during all of this.

There is a reason Vietnam is doing so much better than the US while being far more dense...




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