What I find hillarious is my grandmother, as much as a demogogue and FDR/New Dealer Socialist sycophant as she was, NEVER mentioned anything about mass-starvations (millions ! millions !), only about unemployment and the kids in her classes being dirty because they didn’t bathe (indeed, she often had to give the young ‘uns a bath). Believe me, if all these Stalinesque-level “mass deaths due to deliberate starvations from Hoover !” had occurred, my grandmother would’ve NEVER let me hear the end of it. She could turn out some whoppers, but never hatched that level of bull$hit.
I’ve done in-depth studies of census figures, and if those mass-scale deaths had occurred, it would’ve been reflected. While it is true many rural areas went into decline, many (especially in the Plains States) had been in population decline since the 1890s, but the people merely relocated to the cities, which exploded in growth. You had a different reason for the decline in Southern rural areas, because most of those were Blacks fleeing for better opportunities in the cities.
Of course, the lady will cite all these mass deaths were “off the record.” It’s easy to pull figures out of your ass when there’s no documentation and an “excuse” for it (nobody recording the births and deaths ! Honest ! Give me a break). Indeed, non existent people dying non existent deaths. That lady is exhibit #A for why the Democrats have always been so successful at winning elections. Keep repeating a lie until the people accept it as fact. We saw it in this past election.
>>>>>I’ve done in-depth studies of census figures, and if those mass-scale deaths had occurred, it would’ve been reflected.
Exactly. The link to the CDC website breaks down all the deaths during the period in question. It also shows the spike in deaths Americans expereienced from the 1918 flu pandemic.
I'll chalk it up to liberal troll talking points and leave it at that.