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Hambredd t1_j6ortpx wrote

Reply to comment by stefantalpalaru 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

So what's your solution?

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stefantalpalaru t1_j6osga4 wrote

> So what's your solution?

Awareness.

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Hambredd t1_j6osmwe wrote

Education isn't a punishment

How would you make Brussels suffer?

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stefantalpalaru t1_j6ot8bi wrote

> Education isn't a punishment

Isn't it, though?

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Hambredd t1_j6othbl wrote

Are you trolling me? Of course it isn't, it's a net positive. A punishment would be denying Belgium's education and sending the education budget to the Congo

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stefantalpalaru t1_j6ovp0v wrote

> it's a net positive

You think Germans enjoy learning about Nazi Germany? You think the French enjoy learning about Napoleon?

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Hambredd t1_j6own06 wrote

No more than I enjoyed learning about Nazi Germany. But learning about horrible things doesn't make your life worse. And hope they understand the world (you aside) doesn't blame them for the Nazis.

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