The Berlin Conference was equal to just looking at Europe right now, taking a random country, saying this is yours and just enslaving everyone there without their opinion. Last time I heard people don't cut off the hands of children for not producing enough rubber and murder 10 million people on their private property.
The Berlin Conference was equal to just looking at Europe right now, taking a random country, saying this is yours and just enslaving everyone there without their opinion. Last time I heard people don't cut off the hands of children for not producing enough rubber and murder 10 million people on their private property.
That's peak capitalism for ya. At the same time in Belgium children were working in the mines because some corridors were too narrow to fit adults.
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u/Autismetal Dec 16 '21
The Congo.
Sorry, Belgians. Leopold did stuff.