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CanadianGurlfren t1_j6m5ocw wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:33 AM

Reply to comment by BrushYourFeet 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

He owned the company and it's subsidiaries like the army. The Belgian king had little real power so he decided to get rich off the exploitation of Africa's interior.