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Consumers of rubber

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:18:15 UTC

Consumers of rubber are a population who have high demand for the want of rubber. The demand for rubber usage for a use of hoses, tubing and much more led to a leader called King Leopold ll to want that demand with his community. So King Leopold arranged soldiers to kidnap a group of African people and take off their land, He worked them and beat them until they were able to bring back rubber for his stock.

Argument

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:18:25 UTC

Consumers of rubber is responsible for the deaths of around 10 million Congolese people because if it wasn't for the high demand on such rubber usage, King Leopold ll wouldn't have had make the Congolese people hunt and work for the rubber just for King Leopold to have wealth and the most rubber stock, and also with rubber being in such high demand and others having so much rubber King Leopold needed that, he wanted that so he made people work for him.

Evidence 1

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:18:39 UTC

According to ¨Consumers of Rubber¨ The reading states ¨You brought this valuable commodity without any concerns for its origins. As obedient supporters of capitalism, you failed to question where the rubber came from and how it was harvested.¨

Reasoning 1

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:18:48 UTC

This quote represents the high demand for rubber and the consumers dont know how the rubber is being made and the work the Congolese people are having to go through just for consumers of rubber to have that rubber.

Evidence 2

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:18:59 UTC

Another example to prove my suspect for the consumers of rubber is also in ¨Consumers of Rubber¨ As stated ¨You knew exactly how far your leaders would go to make profit.¨

Reasoning 2

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:19:16 UTC

This quote is showing a reference to King Leopold ll and how far he would go just to have as much wealth as he could and making Africa seem like a rich and wealthy country by having all the rubber, and the suffrage hes making the Congolese people go through. This quote also demonstrates how the Congolese were feed into King Leopold´s trap into thinking they would just help him out but instead he abused them if they didn't bring back him some rubber.

Evidence 3

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:19:28 UTC

Another piece of evidence that helps support my thinking is in article ¨ Consumer of Rubber¨ Is when it states ¨ You cannot simply claim ignorance. You were all aware of the movements to abolish slavery that swept Europe and the Atlantic world¨

Reasoning 3

836935_1 — 2025-04-22 17:19:44 UTC

This quote demonstrates how the buyers of rubber can't claim their lack of knowledge they ¨ had ¨ about what King Leopold was doing to the Congolese people for that rubber wealth.