Famine has been weaponized before. I don't think the history of famines caused by British colonialism is very well known. Here Sullivan and Hickel discuss this and how to assess the rate of excess death caused by policy.
@EdibleFuchsia@jonben Yes, I listened to that too. On the one hand, great that it was on at all, and it was interesting, on the other: i wish they had gone further with it. The choice to focus on lived experience rather than causes (!); the “balanced” discussion of Churchill (getting on only Hastings for that!); and, as ever, a lot of White Saviourism. And yes, as you say, only that one instance, not the wider picture. #Famines#BengalFamine#Colonialism