Why was belgium so abhorrently cruel in its colony? Was

>>2944284
idk when European's started to be "civilized" every king ruled through fear, I wonder what makes him special

probably the white vs black argument

>>2944296
yeah that's an amazingly dumb comparison >>>/pol/,

leopolds rule was incredibly cruel and a complete autocracy, the colony was pretty much his playground

can someone with actual knowledge on the subject answer?

>>2944284
When you're not a real country you get a complex and go through a lot of trouble to try and show everyone you're real. Everyone else was into colonialism so That Country just had to join in too but like all faggot poseurs with no identity had to go and ruin it for everyone.

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>>2944284
That cruelty was pretty much standard practice for the European colonialists, the Belgian Congo were just the most publicized atrocities.

>>2944284
The congo was basically just his colony, belgium at large was not responsible.He was trying to maximize production without regard for human live, the congo basically became an ancap state taken to it's logical extreme. Ironically it was not even eficient in the end, because he was more busy surpressing the natives than making a profit.

>>2944284
>Was it all this dudes fault?
Objectively yes, when control passed to the Belgian state the colony became one of the most paternalistic and well-run in Africa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Évolué#Belgian_colonies

>>2944350
To be honest what happens in Congo was not exceptional in Africa at all for the time. He just got outed by people earlier compared to the others.

>>2945096
Lol the Evolue are an extremely small part of the Belgian Congo popualce.