The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a “doom loop” for the world’s poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      This reads like an ironic shitpost. No one can seriously believe that one person saying mean things can rationalize an invasion that’s killing thousands and hurtsling food security for millions.

        • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I can point you towards many racist political figures throughout history who weren’t fascist. Racist is not the same as fascist. Sure, fascism usually requires creating an in group and an out group, but it’s also a lot more than that and needs to be larger than one person. Even if this person is a fascist, it still doesn’t even mean anything. He doesn’t have the political power to do anything fascist with.

      • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
        04·
        1 year ago

        Tbf “Asians are subhuman” is what the nazis used to justify killing millions of Russians, Ukrainians, and other USSR ethnicities. Millions of ukrainian red army soldiers are rolling in their graves.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
          2·
          1 year ago

          1. I can’t find one source for this that doesn’t come back to elrisala.

          2. Even if this story is true, one asshole doesn’t justify the genocide that Russia is committing in Ukraine.

          3. Even if this story is true, it happened long after Russia started their “special military operation” and can’t be used to justify it.

      • NuPNuA@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad instances are full of tankies. Way I see it it’s only a matter of time before they defederate due to having to deal with sane people since the site blew up or people defederate from them as they’re just bloody annoying.

            • UFO@programming.dev
              11·
              1 year ago

              While true, at which point does defederating make sense? Been wondering this myself. Reality is full of bad actors so we should be capable of countering these threats without purely relying on censorship. OTOH that takes time and energy best spend elsewhere.

              • NuPNuA@lemm.ee
                2·
                1 year ago

                I think it all depends on user levels. At present the activity isn’t that much that mods can’t deal with any arguments the difference in opinion creates. When you get to Reddit user levels that becomes a lot more difficult.