1. I've been nursing a grudge against this Adam Gopnik New Yorker essay on John Stuart Mill for about 8 years: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/06/right-again …
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8. Fact that Mill had a more cogent & enlightened critique than most of causes of famine (in landlord system) makes his stance even worse.
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9. Mill understood famine was systematic failure not caused by Irish peasants but still wanted them to suffer (for the greater good)
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