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-square18fedilinkarrow-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.NSFWlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareabbadon420linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoI’m convinced my dog isn’t a person, my chickens aren’t people and even the worms in my garden aren’t people. But I would never treat any of those as brutally as the Belgians treated the Congolese. It is absolutely bey9nf my comprehensionsl.
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.
I’m convinced my dog isn’t a person, my chickens aren’t people and even the worms in my garden aren’t people. But I would never treat any of those as brutally as the Belgians treated the Congolese. It is absolutely bey9nf my comprehensionsl.
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.