"Carey Sublette" wrote:

:In Stalin's day of course he would have grown radioactive wheat and fed it
:to the population.

Note that this is what they are doing right now with produce from the
Chernobyl area.

:It would have saved them from starvation and immediate
:death, but given them a lifespan much reduced from normal.

People grossly overestimate the effects of radiation. Not so much
reduced at all. A few years lower on average, at most.

--
"Rule Number One for Slayers - Don't die."
-- Buffy, the Vampire Slayer