Belgium, too arrogant to apologise for killing 15 million Congolese, By Owei Lakemfa
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In the 23 years that Leopold II ran the DRC, an average of 652,000 Congolese were killedannually; at 54,347 monthly or 1,811 every day!

And as far as I know they've never done anything to meaningfully fess up, let alone atone.

  • pppp1000 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I think they did worst when their Princess said they should apologize but they aren't responsible for what their ancestors did and a former Foreign minister said that Leopold was a "hero with ambitions".

    Hexbear post about him. https://hexbear.net/post/144325

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      but they aren’t responsible for what their ancestors did

      ancestor does something bad: "we're not responsible"

      ancestor does something impressive: "WE WUZ INVENTORS N SHEIT"

      • VILenin [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Suddenly the holy sacred godly European heritage and values are actually ancient history not worth remembering.