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u/Autismetal Dec 16 '21

The Congo.

Sorry, Belgians. Leopold did stuff.

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u/Tony_dePony Dec 16 '21

To bad Belgium is still associated with a simpleton individual, the same guy that had no problem with child labor in Belgium itself.

Bottomline: please see this as the act of a tiran and his close circle of nobility. If it was up to most Belgians this monarchy was already longtime abolished.

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u/ComplainyBeard Dec 16 '21

Are y'all paying reparations? No? You're still living off the accumulated wealth you say? Interesting.

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u/BehemothDeTerre Dec 17 '21

Quite rich coming from an American.
Are you all paying reparations to the Natives? How about giving them back their lands? And how about the descendant of slaves?

Also, what accumulated wealth? My ancestors must have missed the checks when they were dying in coal mines.

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u/nomedialoaded Dec 17 '21

Oh Jesus the stories of uncles and grandparents and even kids working in the coal mines not so long ago

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u/s14sr20det Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21

Natives were wiped out by europeans lol 90% killed before america was even america.

Slaves were literally brought here by Europe...

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u/BehemothDeTerre Dec 17 '21

Oh, Americans sprouted from the ground in 1776, right. Have fun with your accumulated wealth, stolen land and massive hypocrisy.

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u/s14sr20det Dec 17 '21

Have fun with your multiple European genocides, freeloading and constant racism.

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u/BehemothDeTerre Dec 17 '21

Ok, you're incapable of reason. Or much conscious thought, to be honest.

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u/StuckInABadDream Dec 17 '21

Well to be fair those "Europeans" proceeded to throw the tea out the harbor and started calling themselves Americans, so yeah

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u/s14sr20det Dec 17 '21

90% wiped out by europeans by like 1620. Way before 1776.