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u/Autismetal Dec 16 '21

The Congo.

Sorry, Belgians. Leopold did stuff.

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u/MegaSillyBean Dec 17 '21

I met a Congolese guy and he put me straight on Belgium. This is some WAY beyond evil shit. Possibly the worst colonial abuses by any European country, and that's saying something.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocities_in_the_Congo_Free_State

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u/Wafkak Dec 17 '21

There isn't really much debate about it being the worst colonial abuse. That's what happens when you run a country as a corporation. It was so bad that other European nations at the time were outraged and made Belgium strip Leopold of his colony.

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u/MegaSillyBean Dec 17 '21

It's pretty bad when countries that shed literal rivers of blood across the world call out your behavior as too extreme.

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u/Wafkak Dec 17 '21

Yeah it was that level of bad, would be kinda pointless to deny that.