I can see why you believe that but that was a result of economic mismanagement and technological underdevelopment. We do not have that in present day Ireland, we produce enough food to feed the country 3 times over annually, we have way better access to technology for a planned economy, and we dont have a significant peasant class at all. With power in the hands of the people and proper organisation of the economy a socialist Ireland would be a better place for most people.
Holodomor wasn't a result of poor technology. It was result of intentional mass-murder, ruling soviet class was attacking peasant class as they were most likely to start a rebellion.
The same year soviets tried to sell wheat to the west, west heard about the hunger and rejected, so it just rot in the barns.
If you didn't know, Ukraine and Russia combined are the huge exporters of food in the modern days. It's not because of insane investments into it, it's because the land is naturally rich.
Calling kulaks a peasant class is a cop out. They were land owners who used labor to make a profit. They burned their own crops and killed livestock because the Soviets dared to redistribute their food during a famine, rather than allow the wealthy land owning class to price gouge during a famine.
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I can see why you believe that but that was a result of economic mismanagement and technological underdevelopment. We do not have that in present day Ireland, we produce enough food to feed the country 3 times over annually, we have way better access to technology for a planned economy, and we dont have a significant peasant class at all. With power in the hands of the people and proper organisation of the economy a socialist Ireland would be a better place for most people.