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A commodity's geopolitical consequences...
https://dinpayforit.substack.com/p/a-famine-through-the-lens-of-prices
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/29/winston-churchill-policies-contributed-to-1943-bengal-famine-study
https://hinduinfopedia.org/bengal-famine-and-british-genocides-how-colonial-policies-killed-millions/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Act
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/23/467861988/when-britain-fought-against-the-tyranny-of-tea-breaks
https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/how-assams-tea-gardens-are-rooted-in-the-abuse-and-torture-of-l_b_10001090/amp
https://www.walkinglondontours.co.uk/news/the-imperial-weight-of-british-tea
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea-heist-9866709/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36781368
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34173532
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1568484923000357
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/british-colonialism-pushed-tea-globally-india-paid-with-indentured-labour-and-damaged-ecology/amp_articleshow/109260819.cms
For Musk & his ilk, oil & minerals now plays a similar function.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/01/musk-escalates-unproven-usaid-claims-in-fiery-posts-as-studies-link-doge-cuts-to-child-deaths/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/elon-musk-spacex-push-to-change-black-ownership-rules-in-south-africa
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