c/visualarts · by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 204d

Man stands guard over his starving family, shielding them from the unthinkable: cannibals, driven to desperation by famine and neglect. - Madras famine of 1877

Picture taken by Willoughby Wallace Hooper (British officer in the 7th Madras Light Cavalry )

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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 74 pts · 204d (11 replies)

Like I can't stress my hate for the British empire.

The colonial mindset and generally the domination desire too obviously. (Yes you're on an anarchist instance what did you expect)

But the British empire has a special hate from me.

lemming@anarchist.nexus · 37 pts · 204d (9 replies)

Here's some fuel for your hatred:
https://news.sky.com/story/the-uk-has-been-colonised-by-immigrants-says-ineos-boss-and-man-utd-co-owner-sir-jim-ratcliffe-13506333

"The UK has been colonised by immigrants, really, hasn't it? I mean, the population of the UK was 58 million in 2020, now it's 70 million. That's 12 million people."

Goes around, comes around, eh? Meanwhile he's an immigrant of Monaco for tax purposes...

SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 204d (6 replies)

Oh no I'm well caught up on that lol. I'm one of maybe 5 people into sports on Lemmy lol

Always hated Radcliffe in particular too, even before he bought part of utd

HubertManne@piefed.social · 5 pts · 204d (5 replies)

ok I probably don't want to know but whats up with radcliffe?

MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 203d (4 replies)

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Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 5 pts · 203d

I think confusion comes from Radcliffe (the Harry Potter actor) versus Ratcliffe (the billionaire asshole).

HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 203d (2 replies)

I mean hes had a lot of famous roles so I know he should be well off. Im surprised he made it to billionaire. There has to be more to it than that.

MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 203d (1 reply)

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HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 203d

oh. oh. oh. So just some political figure. I was thinking it was like a dean cane, kevin sorbo, mel gibson, kid rock, rosseane bar, etc. kind of thing. Its kinda funny his name is spelt with a t. Did not even notice before.

MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 204d (1 reply)

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lemming@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 204d

I like that pieces of shit like him feel like they are though.

KuroiKaze@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 203d

Agreed if you can listen to behind the bastards and not hate the British you're broken

Zozano@aussie.zone · 31 pts · 203d (4 replies)

It is crazy for me to consider just how much suffering a human can endure. At the risk of being melancholic, I would have killed myself long before this. Despite the fact this guy is ~~emancipated~~ emaciated, he has a type of strength I never would.

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 203d (1 reply)

Really is fascinating how durable we are.

Nythos@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 203d

Fascinatingly durable and yet amazingly fragile too

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 203d (1 reply)

While he might be emancipated, he's also emaciated.

Zozano@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 203d

I'm dumb, I fixed it

jet@hackertalks.com · 30 pts · 203d (2 replies)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1876%E2%80%931878

Although the region still produced foodstuffs sufficient to avoid famine, colonial grain exports swelled to record numbers, ensuring widespread devastation

wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 203d

Same mindset that billionaires have today. They'll continue extracting wealth while choking the poor out of the means of living.

Schmoo@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 203d

All modern-day famines are man-made. It's a crime against humanity.

the_citizen@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 204d (1 reply)

That's horrifying. Damn that colonialists, they put people in starvation on fertile soils.

WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 203d

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somegeek@programming.dev · 16 pts · 204d

Damn this is one of the darkest images I've seen.

bmpvy@feddit.org · 12 pts · 204d

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