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2024-03-17 22:45:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 53F25C223C552C2ED465CD99E23320D809ED07E57CF96D34AB8055DD6D74F902
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NNN - "In fact, the most glaring cause of the famine was not a plant disease, but England's long-running political hegemony over Ireland." The OP is correct. British rule exacerbated a natural disaster, creating a famine. https://mises.org/mises-daily/what-caused-irish-potato-famine#:~:text=Adam%20Smith%20was%20right%20that,running%20political%20hegemony%20over%20Ireland
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