Ah yes, just as it would be wrong to single out Hitler for capitalising on latent anti-Semitism that already existed, and the real problem with WWII is that Ger

Ah yes, just as it would be wrong to single out Hitler for capitalising on latent anti-Semitism that already existed, and the real problem with WWII is that Germany wasn't successful enough in its expansion to prevent pogroms... Leopold introduced a policy of paying his (non-native) soldiers based on the number of severed hands produced, FFS. I doubt the kingdoms that existed beforehand were wonderful places that never arbitrarily killed anyone, but you absolutely can blame him for paying bounties for evidence of sufficiently prolific indiscriminate killing/maiming, and generally being one of the most despicable humans to have ever lived.