this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

King Leopold was a monster.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is the 2nd panel Blaine the Mono?