There was only ever one famine in the USSR, partly caused by kulaks burning grain. There were dozens of famines under the Tsars.
The same goes for China, there were dozens of famines under the emperors.
Communism ended famine.
Were those famines caused by poor political decisions? Possibly, but both countries were emerging from feudal subsistence farming, and had been ravaged by bitter civil wars. The position they were in meant even a single poor political decision could have caused a famine, if we were in that position today, with the leaders we have, we would all be dead.
There was only ever one famine in the USSR, partly caused by kulaks burning grain. There were dozens of famines under the Tsars.
The same goes for China, there were dozens of famines under the emperors.
Communism ended famine.
Were those famines caused by poor political decisions? Possibly, but both countries were emerging from feudal subsistence farming, and had been ravaged by bitter civil wars. The position they were in meant even a single poor political decision could have caused a famine, if we were in that position today, with the leaders we have, we would all be dead.
I blame the bureaucratization of the Communist Parties for those famines, and not communism in general.
Look into Trofim Lysenko and Lysenkoism. His theories helped starve 30 million people.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt16844150/
I’m familiar with Mr Lysenko and his work, trusting him was one of those poor political decisions I referred to.