Posted by:
East Coast Exmo
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Date: August 08, 2017 05:28PM
rt Wrote:
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> The Congo has
> been a hellhole for decades. The levels of
> depravity far outweigh what the Belgians ever did
> there, minus whatever civilization, law and order
> they brought.
It's been a hellhole for well over a century. The Belgians were so bad that even the other colonial powers were shocked by their atrocities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocities_in_the_Congo_Free_StateEspecially read the section on "Mutilation and brutality". Claims that the Belgians brought "civilization, law and order" to the region are laughable. The horrors that this region is famous for are not inherent to the place or people, but were almost certainly inculcated by the Belgian colonial policies and actions.