BrownMan65 t1_j6mij56 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:32 AM

Reply to comment by Pay08 in TIL that between 1895 and 1908 the population of the Belgian Congo declined by between 2 and 13 million due to colonial brutality and diseases caused by colonialism. by hetkleinezusje

It’s crazy how little people know about history but still make such know it all statements.

Wodan1 t1_j6mjlqt wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:44 AM

The USSR did collapse because of its own actions. It's dishonest to point fingers and blame capitalist nation's over the failure of the bloc, when it's clear that the USSR was never going to be sustainable, based upon the internal problems it had with economics and bureaucratic government.