Comments by "Siana Gearz" (@SianaGearz) on "The Great Asian Rice Crisis of 2008" video.

Lenin is usually quoted saying "meals" rather than "bowls of rice". However there is no evidence he actually said that. It's a quote one may encounter in English speaking circles, but i had never heard of it in a Russian language context, although i have experienced the last days of Soviet Union from within. It also rings untrue, since Soviet Union used famines to enslave and control people, didn't care about a little mutiny, chaos did not totally ensue. In all odds, you lot invented the quote.
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@baronvonslambert Of course a degree of incompetence is responsible for famine. And yet there's another layer - the state CHOOSES who suffers from it and how. And also global food shortage is not really a thing, there's always food SOMEWHERE, and we can transport it, rail and sea trade was already quite capable of dealing with this. Also... corruption and laziness? Corruption yes, its corrosive effects go deeper than you can even imagine, but trying to explain anything, anything at all with laziness is just... lazy.
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