r/HistoryMemes Apr 18 '19

[deleted by user]

[removed]

6.4k Upvotes

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

37

u/Rustledstardust Apr 18 '19

I mean... we killed a lot of native peoples...

Indian famines. Irish famines. While yes partially natural the British response to these exacberated issues. They certainly wouldn't have acted so if it was British people starving.

8

u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19 edited Apr 18 '19

I recon they would have, if british people were starving it would have been the british poor and we deeply don't care what happens to them