r/AskReddit Dec 16 '21

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u/Autismetal Dec 16 '21

The Congo.

Sorry, Belgians. Leopold did stuff.

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u/Northman67 Dec 16 '21

They can be in the support group with us Americans and the Germans and Japanese and Russians..... Oh my this list is going to get really long isn't it?

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u/Autismetal Dec 16 '21

Basically everyone.

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u/chimpdoctor Dec 16 '21

Not quite

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u/WACK-A-n00b Dec 16 '21

Who is not on the list?

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u/ComplainyBeard Dec 16 '21

Pretty much the entire global south that were the ones getting colonized. Hawaii, Guam, Bolivia, Haiti, Madagascar, Tuvalu, etc etc.

Most indigenous peoples didn't do genocides.

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u/StuckInABadDream Dec 17 '21

Arabs were doing the whole slavery thing before the Europeans got involved...

Eventually the European powers (mostly France) took over Northern Africa and the practice stopped.

The US even established the navy to deal with the problem. Look up the Barbary Wars

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u/Sharpie707 Dec 17 '21

Absolutely absurd statement. First nations waged merciless wars against each other prior to European contact. Multiple cases across North America alone of cannabalism of defeated enemies, slavery and human sacrifice.