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King Leopold II

822657 — 2025-04-22 14:51:22 UTC

King Leopold the II is the ruler of Belgium. he claimed the Congo and is using it for the lands riches and to use the people

Evidence 1

822657 — 2025-04-22 14:51:49 UTC

Leopold lied to the world by paying off a journalist to say that he was philanthropist who was interested inn the economic development of the Congo.

Reasoning 1

822657 — 2025-04-22 14:58:29 UTC

This shows that King Leopold the II was responsible for the murder of 8 million Congo people because he lied to the world and made it seem that he was interested of the Congo but really Leopold was burning down villages and murdering people but people thought that he was there to research the people but he was only there for the the materials and the riches . This shows that he had no concern for the Congolese

Argument

822657 — 2025-04-22 15:05:10 UTC

King Leopold is the result of 8 million deaths of the Congolese people because he forced them to work very hard his workers killed a lot of people and he funded the operation

Evidence 2

822657 — 2025-04-23 14:30:55 UTC

Leopold had tricked 450 local chiefs into giving up their land in return for cheap pieces of cloth

Reasoning 2

822657 — 2025-04-23 14:31:36 UTC

This shows that King Leopold the II was responsible for the murder of 8 million Congo people because he lied to the chiefs of the Congo forcing them to hand over their land for cheap cloths . This shows that he had no concern for the Congolese

Evidence 3

822657 — 2025-04-23 14:41:06 UTC

He had told his workers to force the Congolese people to work had and to make them work in dangerous rubber fields he would kidnap the Congolese peoples wife's and kids and if they wanted to see them again they would have to find rubber for him if they didn't they would be hurt or killed

Reasoning 3

822657 — 2025-04-23 14:41:24 UTC

This shows that King Leopold the II was responsible for the murder of 8 million Congo people because he would force workers and take there family's and kill them and it probably happend a lot of times so many where killed like this. This shows that he had no concern for the Congolese