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The Congo Free State (= Belgian atrocities) started in the 1880s as well. The Ottoman Empire was a world power up until the first world war - suggesting that o
by vacri 10y ago
The Congo Free State (= Belgian atrocities) started in the 1880s as well.
The Ottoman Empire was a world power up until the first world war - suggesting that other world powers should go to war against them because of how they treat people in their own sphere of influence is completely missing the context of the times.
Hell, it's even missing the context of the current times - how many western nations intervened in the annexing and oppression of the Crimean peninsula by Russia? What is the World Cop doing about the clear oppression of Tibetans by China? What is anyone doing about the plight of North Koreans under their murderous dictatorship? What about the Khmer Rouge in the 70s, where the World Cop actually backed the people doing the genocide?
Context is important.