stefantalpalaru t1_j6osga4 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:00 PM

Reply to comment by Hambredd 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?

Awareness.

Hambredd t1_j6osmwe wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:01 PM

Education isn't a punishment

How would you make Brussels suffer?

stefantalpalaru t1_j6ot8bi wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:05 PM

> Education isn't a punishment

Isn't it, though?

Hambredd t1_j6othbl wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:07 PM

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

stefantalpalaru t1_j6ovp0v wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:20 PM

> it's a net positive

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

Hambredd t1_j6own06 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:26 PM

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.