• Hamartia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    On the contrary. There is no cognizant reason to limit the timeframe other than to bury relevant facts unfavorable to anti-left rhetoric.

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      11 months ago

      I thought the point was to compare the two. Wouldn’t make sense to give one a much longer timespan in the comparison.

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        11 months ago

        That would only make sense if there was some tangible link between the occurance of famines and the passing of time. But there isn’t really. There is to things like war, drought, flooding, epidemics, vermin infestation, mis-management, a country’s degree of development etc etc. If you want to make some qualitative comparison between systems of government then use those not some superficial framing set to prejudice the outcome.

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          11 months ago

          But when we’re comparing occurrences numerically, of course time matters into it. In comparable time and preferably situations, how many occurrences you’d have.

          Skewing the comparison by using two totally different time frames seems just weird ngl. What would be the point, unless you want some specific result

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            11 months ago

            Skewing the comparison by using totally different countries with totally different situations seems weird ngl. What would be the point, unless you want some specific result.

            Russia and China both had an unfortunate history of famines before any pesky revolutionairies popped their heads up. Examining a longer time period reveals this highly relevant fragility. Also the facts that both of these huge countries were badly underdeveloped at the time of their revolutions: And the period you wish to limit it to had both of the world wars and the extended periods of international instability associated with them: And both countries suffered invasions and other unusual external pressures over a long period of time. These are relevant factors.

            Limiting the time frame for a comparison based solely on a summation of deaths is a leading, manipulation of the study of the phenomena of famines.

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              11 months ago

              Preferably you actually would use the same countries and times, if you could. I’m not sure how you think comparisons usually work lol. You’d try to keep the comparison as similar as possible.

              I’m sorry but I feel like you’re trying to arrive at a certain conclusion rather than doing an honest comparison.