You can believe every single element of current scientific consensus without calling it “objective truth.” I mean, that’s kind of the idea behind scientific theories anyway. They’re just the most fitting narratives.
Again, I know little about the early history of colonial Congo, but I have heard it mentioned that Belgiums imperial rule was especially harsh. I would say capitalism doesn't equal greed. Ghengis Khan like gold! It didn't make him a capitalist!
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Well, what makes it capitalist is the means of extracting that gold. Labor and enterprise owned by external, private interests
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I don't see the difference between a Belgium run plantation or mine in the Congo and a farm or mine "staffed" by prisoners in a Gulag? The both use force to obtain resources.
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