Reading the book King Leopold's Ghost, I am struck by the arrogance of our species. Our pride and greed takes over our lives and we have the capability to brutalize and destroy others for the sake of our own self interests.
The indigenous people in the Congo were referred to as "black devils" or "black demons", and yet the atrocities commited by caucasians was breathtakingly brutal. That the europeans were willing to go to countries that had less technology than they did and take it over is amazing. It really makes me question who we are as a species.
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