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The King of Belgium Was Committing Unbelievable Atrocities and Slavery in the Congo

The lonial tennis match that i'm talking about there, with ireland as the ball, this bizarre competition that farmer empire's engaging with each other, remind me of roger casement. He was an irish revolutionary and he tried to smuggle guns in for the 19 16 rising, and he was executed. But casement also worked for the brits. He wa he was a british diplomat. He was knighted. And his big thing that he did for thebrits is the belgians. Wo ven, a very small nation, but also a colonial power. They got a pretty good deal. So it's in the interest of the eu

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