Ignoring ‘have-nots’ will only lead to collapse
The essence of the article was how both Russia and China, the major proponents of communism, learned from history and the West. We should also learn from history and not repeat it.
The Great Famine, which was a period of mass starvation between 1845 and 1852, is a case in point. For the record, and to forestall any corrective comments historical purists might like to make, this is not a historical treatise, but an effort to show that we have suffered similarly in the past in similar circumstances with very dire consequences for the country, the economy and the people.
