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History thread: Belgium Terror in Congo over Rubber Harvest
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:46 pm
Had never heard of this til just now:
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After the Berlin Conference of 1884 the 905,000 square miles of the Belgian Congo [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo ] became the personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium. His genocidal exploitation of the territory, particularly the rubber trade, caused many deaths and much suffering. Murder and mutilation were common.
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Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:46 pm to okietiger
It horrible. Horrible story. Not clicking link.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:47 pm to okietiger
Worse than the Holocaust.
And sadly, not a damn was given.
And sadly, not a damn was given.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:48 pm to OldHickory
Truly awful.
Men "paying" for not hitting rubber quotas with the hands of their wives and children?
Pure evil.
Men "paying" for not hitting rubber quotas with the hands of their wives and children?
Pure evil.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:48 pm to okietiger
for the most part, colonialization was the best thing that happened to sub saharan africa
leopold's reign over the congo is a big reason why i have to add, "for the most part"
leopold's reign over the congo is a big reason why i have to add, "for the most part"
This post was edited on 3/20/14 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:49 pm to OldHickory
Actually hadn't heard of this either until I saw something about the Congo on the travel channel. How could a genocide of that magnitude not be common knowledge to most average people?
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:51 pm to okietiger
frick I wish I hadn't clicked on that
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:52 pm to okietiger
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King Leopold II of Belgium
Not a good dude. You don't hear much about it, but Belgium fricked the Congo. fricked them hard.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:52 pm to BackInBlackTiger
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How could a genocide of that magnitude not be common knowledge to most average people?
because the liberal meme claiming that colonization was terrlbe means that this just becomes a part of the larger argument
Posted on 3/20/14 at 10:58 pm to okietiger
Excellent study in propaganda. He actually created a commission with a nice name and purpose, the International African Society, purportedly to help the natives but they actually fricked them so hard. Heinous shite.
Posted on 3/20/14 at 11:12 pm to SlowFlowPro
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for the most part, colonialization was the best thing that happened to sub saharan africa
Wow. This could be the most ignorant thing ever said on the OT. Which is saying a lot.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 12:48 am to CaptainBrannigan
I'd recommend King Leopold's Ghost to those interested in finding out more; it is the best study of the Central African genocide that has been made for a popular audience.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 12:52 am to BoardReader
The problem was Leopold had no intention of running the Congo like a Colony even but more like his own personal kleptocracy.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 12:54 am to Libertyabides71
Yeah I think we realized that from all the hands and feet.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:03 am to okietiger
The personal property part is insane.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:03 am to CaptainBrannigan
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Wow. This could be the most ignorant thing ever said on the OT. Which is saying a lot.
Are you daft?
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:14 am to SlowFlowPro
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for the most part, colonialization was the best thing that happened to sub saharan africa
leopold's reign over the congo is a big reason why i have to add, "for the most part"
um, the congo wasn't too much worse than what was happening in the other colonies, it was just of a grander scale. I read Leopold's Ghosts and at the back of the book, they give some figures of other European African colonies. They all wiped out at least half the populations. And also, they're the direct cause for many of the conflicts today. I'm not an anti-colony guy for the most part, but it without a doubt did not benefit Africa 1000%. There is no way you could really argue that it did.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:18 am to okietiger
Read King Leopold's Ghosts. Its an excellent book. It shows what was happening in the Congo, and how activism by one dedicated dude was able to sway public perception to force Leopold to stop.
The worst thing I heard of was they shoved dynamite up some of the butts of workers that pissed them off and lit the fuse.
The worst thing I heard of was they shoved dynamite up some of the butts of workers that pissed them off and lit the fuse.
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:45 am to athenslife101
WTF
Posted on 3/21/14 at 1:49 am to Ghostfacedistiller
OP had my curiosity, now you have my attention...
Pretty f'ed up. This is interesting though. I've never heard of this until now.
Pretty f'ed up. This is interesting though. I've never heard of this until now.
This post was edited on 3/21/14 at 1:53 am
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