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[–] visc@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (8 children) Why was china hit with a famine again? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lysenkoism, Anti-intellectualism and other terrible terrible policies. But hey, Mao ate veggies uwu permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Grapho@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Lysenkoism had been the official scientific stance on evolution in China from 1946 to 1956. Sounds like he had fuck all to do with China, sure. Several of the techniques employed on collectivized farms, such as sextupling the density of seeds or deep plowing, were solely based on Lysenkoist teaching and had a fatal impact on yields. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] Denjin@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago Forced collectivisation of an entirely agrarian economy. Industrial policy that encouraged small scale iron smelting in homemade furnaces causing huge environmental damage. Agricultural policy that ordered the extermination of sparrows who then couldn't keep insect populations down causing catastrophic damage to crops. Brutally cracked down on any dissenting voices, including scientists who happened to point out the potential flaws in Maos plan Contrary to OPs post, covering up the mistakes afterward and blaming outside influences and counter-revolutionaries rather than the failure of central policy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Why was India? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IamFree@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago Because Brits exploited the resources. For eg in Bengal famine Brits were exporting rice, whereas Indian people were starving and other reasons were high tax imposition and debt trap on farmers. The forced Indigo farming in 1/4 of the farm made the soil less cultivable for the next time. Many reasons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) According to a Wikipedia article, "After the launch of Reform and opening up, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially stated in June 1981 that the famine was mainly due to the mistakes of the Great Leap Forward as well as the Anti-Right Deviation Struggle, in addition to some natural disasters and the Sino-Soviet split." The official statement is here, but I don't read Chinese. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago Ah. Google Translate comes through. I think the relevant part is where they say (machine translated): "Mainly due to the mistakes of the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Anti-Rightist Movement", coupled with natural disasters at the time and the Soviet government's treacherous breach of the contract, my country's national economy encountered serious difficulties from 1959 to 1961, and the country and the people suffered heavy losses." permalink fedilink source parent [–] DuckDuckGeese@reddthat.com -4 points 1 year ago No one knows and probably never will. It was not a great leap forward for China that's for sure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lysenkoism, Anti-intellectualism and other terrible terrible policies. But hey, Mao ate veggies uwu permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Grapho@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Lysenkoism had been the official scientific stance on evolution in China from 1946 to 1956. Sounds like he had fuck all to do with China, sure. Several of the techniques employed on collectivized farms, such as sextupling the density of seeds or deep plowing, were solely based on Lysenkoist teaching and had a fatal impact on yields. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Grapho@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Lysenkoism had been the official scientific stance on evolution in China from 1946 to 1956. Sounds like he had fuck all to do with China, sure. Several of the techniques employed on collectivized farms, such as sextupling the density of seeds or deep plowing, were solely based on Lysenkoist teaching and had a fatal impact on yields. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Lysenkoism had been the official scientific stance on evolution in China from 1946 to 1956. Sounds like he had fuck all to do with China, sure. Several of the techniques employed on collectivized farms, such as sextupling the density of seeds or deep plowing, were solely based on Lysenkoist teaching and had a fatal impact on yields. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago Forced collectivisation of an entirely agrarian economy. Industrial policy that encouraged small scale iron smelting in homemade furnaces causing huge environmental damage. Agricultural policy that ordered the extermination of sparrows who then couldn't keep insect populations down causing catastrophic damage to crops. Brutally cracked down on any dissenting voices, including scientists who happened to point out the potential flaws in Maos plan Contrary to OPs post, covering up the mistakes afterward and blaming outside influences and counter-revolutionaries rather than the failure of central policy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Why was India? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IamFree@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago Because Brits exploited the resources. For eg in Bengal famine Brits were exporting rice, whereas Indian people were starving and other reasons were high tax imposition and debt trap on farmers. The forced Indigo farming in 1/4 of the farm made the soil less cultivable for the next time. Many reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IamFree@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago Because Brits exploited the resources. For eg in Bengal famine Brits were exporting rice, whereas Indian people were starving and other reasons were high tax imposition and debt trap on farmers. The forced Indigo farming in 1/4 of the farm made the soil less cultivable for the next time. Many reasons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) According to a Wikipedia article, "After the launch of Reform and opening up, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially stated in June 1981 that the famine was mainly due to the mistakes of the Great Leap Forward as well as the Anti-Right Deviation Struggle, in addition to some natural disasters and the Sino-Soviet split." The official statement is here, but I don't read Chinese. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago Ah. Google Translate comes through. I think the relevant part is where they say (machine translated): "Mainly due to the mistakes of the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Anti-Rightist Movement", coupled with natural disasters at the time and the Soviet government's treacherous breach of the contract, my country's national economy encountered serious difficulties from 1959 to 1961, and the country and the people suffered heavy losses." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago Ah. Google Translate comes through. I think the relevant part is where they say (machine translated): "Mainly due to the mistakes of the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Anti-Rightist Movement", coupled with natural disasters at the time and the Soviet government's treacherous breach of the contract, my country's national economy encountered serious difficulties from 1959 to 1961, and the country and the people suffered heavy losses." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DuckDuckGeese@reddthat.com -4 points 1 year ago No one knows and probably never will. It was not a great leap forward for China that's for sure permalink fedilink source parent
