6124 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BENGAL FAMINE!! Twitter/X Space

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Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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In this Friday Night Live X Space on October 3, 2025, philosopher Stefan Molyneux analyzes the Bengal famine of 1943, linking its causes to colonialism and political mismanagement. He challenges simplistic narratives by emphasizing systemic failures and urges listeners to focus on shared human experiences. Molyneux advocates for autonomy over centralized governance and concludes with a call for historical awareness to foster justice and compassion, inviting audience interaction.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody, Stefan Molyne, from Free Domain, 3rd of October 2025.
0:04.6	Hope you're doing well.
0:06.4	And I'd like to welcome all our new friends from South Asia.
0:11.4	Welcome to philosophy.
0:13.3	I think you'll actually be surprised how much we have in common
0:16.4	and how much I agree with everything that you're saying.
0:19.7	You dislike colonialism.
0:21.4	I dislike colonialism, both of the effects it had on other countries
0:24.8	and the effects that it had on the British people.
0:29.8	My ancestors were enslaved to run an empire.
0:33.9	Your ancestors were subjugated under that empire.
0:37.3	So, yeah, I mean, you know, this is the elites.
0:40.3	They get us fighting with each other rather than looking up and seeing who's pulling all
0:43.8	the strings and all this kind of stuff.
0:46.0	But that is a sort of tragic reality of life as a whole.
0:51.8	Now, one of the things that comes up a lot is the Bengal famine.
1:02.3	The Bengal famine. So we're going to just touch on it briefly. I did some of this research
1:08.6	many years ago. I just kind of refreshed it now.
1:11.0	Then I'd be happy to take questions, comments, criticisms, whatever's on your mind.
1:15.7	But let's look at the 1943 Bengal famine, because this is often cited, along with this
1:20.0	absolutely ludicrous idea is that somewhere between $45 trillion and $66 trillion, because 67 would
1:27.0	be crazy, of wealth was plundered from India.
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