https://nitter.1d4.us/simongerman600/status/1668742548548997120

    • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Chocolate hand candy, a mockery of the Africans who had their hands cut off for failing to meet their rubber harvest quotas set by the Belgian empire, are still a popular treat for Belgians. Younger people less so, but the older generation either don't care or think it's innocent enough in the present day.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I need to change that goose chasing the man with a goose down coat to be "Belgian chocolate? WHERE DID YOU GET THE CHOCOLATE BELGIUM?!

        I know a Belgian guy whose parents have huge scrimshawed elephant tusks and shit all over their home in Belgium, but he didn't learn about the Belgian Congo until he got to America and some history buffs set him right about his country's storied past in the genocide and atrocity industry.