PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoFather stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old, severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota. Belgian Congo, 1904.NSFWlemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down115
arrow-up1207arrow-down1imageFather stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old, severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota. Belgian Congo, 1904.NSFWlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 months agoA better statement would be the Belgians dehumanized the Congolese. It’s the opposite of what you do right now with animals, treating them as a pet and something that can suffer is humanizing them. It’s why we say we cannot tolerate intolerance - to allow any dehumanization allows for this stuff to happen.
A better statement would be the Belgians dehumanized the Congolese.
It’s the opposite of what you do right now with animals, treating them as a pet and something that can suffer is humanizing them.
It’s why we say we cannot tolerate intolerance - to allow any dehumanization allows for this stuff to happen.