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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

For anyone interested, King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild is a fantastic read.

I remember finding a copy in my high school library and reading it, and just being blown away that I had never even heard of what was very clearly a massive atrocity.