Fintan O’Toole’s review of Padraig Scanlan’s “Rot”revisits the history of the Irish Famine. The real truth of it is that dehumanizing the poor, while relying on a vicious unhinged capitalism masquerading as tough love to absolve those responsible, was our blueprint.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/17/rot-padraic-x-scanlan-book-review