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King Leopold was a monster.

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So are all the Belgians who try to throw full blame on Leopold for their collective atrocities

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The free state of Congo was Leopold’s private property, as insane as it sounds

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It would help if I knew Belgian History. Unfortunately for you and your meme, I’m uncultured 😎.

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Belgium was esteemed among European diplomats and largely avoided military conflicts.

In colonizing Africa, Belgium sent mercenaries to cut off locals’ hands and steal their children if the locals did not meet their daily rubber harvesting quotas.

In both World Wars, the entire country of Belgium was used by combatants as the easy way to get around instead of going through an actually fortified territory.

tl;dr those who lack knowledge of history cannot contextualize current events either

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Wow, okay. This is horrible. Thanks for enlightening me.

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