The Irish potato famine was caused by wealthy landlords who prized profit over people

[suffragette]

2. Strong parallel to climate change here. Proper education should include the facts about the food and

goods being exported, compounding the natural impact of the famine into a man-made disaster for many people, all while the wealthy callously profited.

The omission is serious since in acknowledging and discussing those facts and possible changes that could have been implemented then could inform what we need to do now to survive the impact of climate change. An informed populace would make a huge difference.

K&R for this very important post.