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The Belgian Congo was a miserable episode in history by all accounts - often considered one of most terrible examples of recent colonialism. Something to bear i
by Boothroid 9y ago
The Belgian Congo was a miserable episode in history by all accounts - often considered one of most terrible examples of recent colonialism. Something to bear in mind next time next time you are chomping down on a delicious Belgian chocolate what with that industry being a direct legacy of colonialism.
- vim_wannabe 9y agoI will definitely keep this in mind and flog myself on a bimonthly schedule. Luckily I havent seen any Belgian chocolate on sale here yet, ha. Hopefully the Swiss have stayed isolated long enough to not add in any more European guilt!
- roywiggins 9y agoThere is the whole Nazi gold thing. https://mobile.nytimes.com/1996/12/14/world/swiss-acknowledge-profiting-from-nazi-gold.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/1996/12/14/world/swiss-acknowledg...