RubberDuck@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBelgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down13
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkBelgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congowww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·8 months agoAs much as other European colonialists have fucked up Africa over the years, I don’t think any one person can have more blame for that than Leopold II of Belgium. Just ran the place like his own personal genocidal fiefdom.
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·8 months agoDude was one of the biggest scumbags in human history, but not many people know about him.
As much as other European colonialists have fucked up Africa over the years, I don’t think any one person can have more blame for that than Leopold II of Belgium. Just ran the place like his own personal genocidal fiefdom.
Dude was one of the biggest scumbags in human history, but not many people know about him.