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Father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old, severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota. Belgian Congo, 1904. (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 45 points 11 months ago

The past is often fascinating - but we must also never forget its brutality. No colonial power of the turn of the century was saintly - all were brutal, and often genocidal. But the Belgians in the Congo beat everyone for sheer, pointless cruelty.