I know there was one in the USSR in 1932 and one in the PRC in 1958. I know that they’re a major talking point of the “communism killed 100 million people” myth. I’d like to be able to understand them better and extract valid criticisms out of them so I don’t end up looking ignorant or sycophantic while trying to explain why I support communist countries.

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[–] ta00000@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

And during those famines the overall life expectancy was still higher than the pre-revolution non-famine life expectancy (from birth, mind. I don't know how you would find, say, age 8+ life expectancy which would be perhaps a more useful metric in some ways)