Famines Vanish as Marxism Declines and Population Increases
Death by famine has dropped by 99.6 percent in the last 100 years. This occurred at the same time population increased over 300 percent. The real cause of less starvation is the decline of Marxism.
Starvation is a terrible way to die. Our World in Data reports that the 1870s represent the worst decade in recent history for famine with over 20 million deaths, primarily in China and India.1 This suggests a rate of around 13,618 per million population. Bad climate, bad transportation, and bad communicati…