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		_3u10 on Nov 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yang Jisheng: The man who discovered 36 million de... I believe the potato famine would count as a famine occurring in a democracy.

anthonyb on Nov 23, 2012 | [–]

Ireland under UK rule was hardly a democracy.

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