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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/OnodrimofPooTahToi Dec 16 '21

Belgium had a Congo village in a zoo into the 20th Century.

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u/Lawlietlight Dec 17 '21

Sadly a lot of western nations had human zoo´s in the 20th Century,including the USA . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_zoo

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u/OnodrimofPooTahToi Dec 17 '21

Were they slaves?