They didn't just create the borders, but also actively pitted the different local groups in each region, all over the globe, against each other to keep them from joining forces against the colonisers and imperialists, so very deliberate war mongering.

Similar tactics are used today in the form of "culture wars" and institutional and systemic bigotry - we (the working class, the majority of the population) are divided and pitted against each other by those who want to keep us from joining forces and turning on them.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

And did pretty much the same thing with Africa

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not pretty much, they literally did that. The Rwandan genocide (probably the most well known, next to Darfur) was the direct result of Belgian colonialism and racism.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 7 points 10 months ago

It can also be argued that Belgian predatory colonialism at least facilitated the emergence of HIV

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that's why I said

the different local groups in each region, all over the globe

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago

Yep sorry, missed that part 👍