this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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[–] Izzent@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would help if I knew Belgian History. Unfortunately for you and your meme, I'm uncultured 😎.

[–] substill@lemm.ee 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Belgium was esteemed among European diplomats and largely avoided military conflicts.

In colonizing Africa, Belgium sent mercenaries to cut off locals’ hands and steal their children if the locals did not meet their daily rubber harvesting quotas.

In both World Wars, the entire country of Belgium was used by combatants as the easy way to get around instead of going through an actually fortified territory.

tl;dr those who lack knowledge of history cannot contextualize current events either

[–] Izzent@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Wow, okay. This is horrible. Thanks for enlightening me.

[–] rauls4@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

King Leopold was a monster.

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

That he was, but you really got to give him a hand (or two) for his rubber sales. ....Mainly because you didn't keep up with the quotas

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So are all the Belgians who try to throw full blame on Leopold for their collective atrocities

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The free state of Congo was Leopold's private property, as insane as it sounds

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Is the 2nd panel Blaine the Mono?