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“Millions of dead' appears nowhere in the rich oral tradition of my ancestors, nor in Lumumba's speeches. Nor does it appear with Mobutu, who was born and raised in the Equator province, where the ABIR and the Anversoise exploited rubber.”
― The Greatest Fake News of All Time: Leopold II, The Genius and Builder King of Lumumba
― The Greatest Fake News of All Time: Leopold II, The Genius and Builder King of Lumumba
“When one loses the capacity for nuance, one becomes an extremist, a dangerous individual capable of committing war crimes.”
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“When it comes to a showdown between the shepherd and the wolf, the shepherd will always prevail. The wolf's speed, brute strength and cunning may give him a brief advantage, but in the end, the shepherd's genius and organisation will triumph every time. Be therefore wary off the Shepard, more than of the wolf.”
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“There will come a day when excuses will be made for the neoliberal past, for the standardization and universalization of man, for the neoliberal attempt to reduce man to just a factor of production, a gear, and that day is getting closer every day!”
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“This heroism was also that of the first missionaries. They had a life expectancy of about 5 years in Congo, and some were given extremely anointing at the time of their journey to Africa. There were many young idealists. Their graves are still lined up in the Mpala locality, which overlooks Lake Tanganyika. The Catholic mission was a fort where people who fled slavers and brutality took refuge.”
― The Greatest Fake News of All Time: Leopold II, The Genius and Builder King of Lumumba
― The Greatest Fake News of All Time: Leopold II, The Genius and Builder King of Lumumba
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