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A_War_Of_Artillery t1_j6nrvva wrote

Reply to comment by manguito86 in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

Unfortunately ‘twas the burden of the white man, to “civilize” these unfortunate peoples, but at least the economic benefit of looting, pillaging, and wealth extraction made up for the hardship of these superior peoples to carry the burden of territorial expansion.

But seriously, look at the vast majority of colonized peoples and tell me that colonialism was a good thing. White settlers don’t count as colonized peoples BTW.

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