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What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss? (lemmy.ml)

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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another good example is when the Soviet Union dammed the Aral Sea in order to create irrigation canals for cotton and other produce in the region. It worked at first and they had a huge economic boom, but this is also one of history's most prominent examples of "Ecological Collapse"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea#Irrigation_canals

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, they did produce the cotton they wanted...

It's less an example of a blunder and more an example of how few fucks the Soviets gave about being "green".