@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 11 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.NSFWimagemessage-square18arrow-up1224arrow-down115
arrow-up1209arrow-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.NSFW@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square18
minus-squarepeopleproblemslinkEnglish6•edit-211 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.