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[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For just the British Empire in India, similar excess death accounting leads to a death toll of 1.8 billion (and $45 trillion stolen): https://mronline.org/2019/01/15/britain-robbed-india-of-45-trillion-thence-1-8-billion-indians-died-from-deprivation/