Disturbed Podcast Narrator

Popular British newspapers created tropes out of perceived Irish flaws, including, but not limited to, laziness, brutality, stupidity and filth. Some Victorian thinkers considered the potato an unseemly food that degraded the character of anyone who consumed it. Perhaps that's why so many British folks were content to believe that the blight was a righteous punishment from God.

Separating the Irish from their potatoes would only do them good. Even more disturbing, these opinions were shared by Sir Charles Trevelyan, who was responsible for administering aid in Ireland starting in 1846. At various points, he described Irish people as defective, selfish, perverse, and turbulent. From his writings, it sounds like he felt Ireland deserved whatever the famine delivered.

Separating the Irish from their potatoes would only do them good. Even more disturbing, these opinions were shared by Sir Charles Trevelyan, who was responsible for administering aid in Ireland starting in 1846. At various points, he described Irish people as defective, selfish, perverse, and turbulent. From his writings, it sounds like he felt Ireland deserved whatever the famine delivered.

Separating the Irish from their potatoes would only do them good. Even more disturbing, these opinions were shared by Sir Charles Trevelyan, who was responsible for administering aid in Ireland starting in 1846. At various points, he described Irish people as defective, selfish, perverse, and turbulent. From his writings, it sounds like he felt Ireland deserved whatever the famine delivered.

In his words, the judgment of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson. But Trevelyan didn't just want to sit back and watch Ireland suffer. He had a goal in mind. In a letter to another bureaucrat, he said he was glad that smaller farmers were abandoning their land. Hopefully, the land would finally end up in the hands of someone with the money to modernize.

In his words, the judgment of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson. But Trevelyan didn't just want to sit back and watch Ireland suffer. He had a goal in mind. In a letter to another bureaucrat, he said he was glad that smaller farmers were abandoning their land. Hopefully, the land would finally end up in the hands of someone with the money to modernize.

In his words, the judgment of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson. But Trevelyan didn't just want to sit back and watch Ireland suffer. He had a goal in mind. In a letter to another bureaucrat, he said he was glad that smaller farmers were abandoning their land. Hopefully, the land would finally end up in the hands of someone with the money to modernize.

For all of Britain's generalized antipathy toward Ireland, it doesn't add up to a grand plan to annihilate it. Intent is consistently the hardest part of proving genocide. Based on what we know, Britain doesn't clear the bar. Sir Charles Trevelyan doesn't speak for the whole of the British government.

For all of Britain's generalized antipathy toward Ireland, it doesn't add up to a grand plan to annihilate it. Intent is consistently the hardest part of proving genocide. Based on what we know, Britain doesn't clear the bar. Sir Charles Trevelyan doesn't speak for the whole of the British government.

For all of Britain's generalized antipathy toward Ireland, it doesn't add up to a grand plan to annihilate it. Intent is consistently the hardest part of proving genocide. Based on what we know, Britain doesn't clear the bar. Sir Charles Trevelyan doesn't speak for the whole of the British government.

But his brutally stated goal of modernized, consolidated farms does line up with his party's preference for a free market. As villainous as Trevelyan sounds, his glee over evicted farmers actually suggests that the famine wasn't genocide. The British goal wasn't killing Irish people. It was modernizing their agriculture and economy.

But his brutally stated goal of modernized, consolidated farms does line up with his party's preference for a free market. As villainous as Trevelyan sounds, his glee over evicted farmers actually suggests that the famine wasn't genocide. The British goal wasn't killing Irish people. It was modernizing their agriculture and economy.

But his brutally stated goal of modernized, consolidated farms does line up with his party's preference for a free market. As villainous as Trevelyan sounds, his glee over evicted farmers actually suggests that the famine wasn't genocide. The British goal wasn't killing Irish people. It was modernizing their agriculture and economy.

If some Irish people died along the way, then, oh well, as far as they were concerned. The British may not have had an intention to destroy Irish people, but Trevelyan certainly lacked any intention to prevent their destruction. After the famine, Ireland was never the same. Even after the crisis abated, the population continued to decrease for the next hundred years.

If some Irish people died along the way, then, oh well, as far as they were concerned. The British may not have had an intention to destroy Irish people, but Trevelyan certainly lacked any intention to prevent their destruction. After the famine, Ireland was never the same. Even after the crisis abated, the population continued to decrease for the next hundred years.

If some Irish people died along the way, then, oh well, as far as they were concerned. The British may not have had an intention to destroy Irish people, but Trevelyan certainly lacked any intention to prevent their destruction. After the famine, Ireland was never the same. Even after the crisis abated, the population continued to decrease for the next hundred years.

Today, the population of the island is still far lower than it was before the blight struck. In 1997, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a formal apology to the people of Ireland. He admitted that the British government failed in their duty by allowing a crop failure to cause unthinkable suffering that they could have prevented.

Today, the population of the island is still far lower than it was before the blight struck. In 1997, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a formal apology to the people of Ireland. He admitted that the British government failed in their duty by allowing a crop failure to cause unthinkable suffering that they could have prevented.

Today, the population of the island is still far lower than it was before the blight struck. In 1997, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a formal apology to the people of Ireland. He admitted that the British government failed in their duty by allowing a crop failure to cause unthinkable suffering that they could have prevented.

The British did not commit genocide, but all that really means is their actions don't meet the modern legal definition. Morality, though, doesn't have a label. Thank you for tuning in to Conspiracy Theories. We're here with a new episode every Wednesday. Be sure to check us out on Instagram at The Conspiracy Pod.