People from North Brabant province in the Netherlands are called half Belgium. Now you know why. It is an honourable title, most definitely not an insult 🥰
1:34 That is Flanders today, consisting of 5 provinces. In medieval times Flanders only consisted of (about) the territory of 2 provinces, West- and East-Flanders with some extra territory of what is now France to the south and the Netherlands to the north.
The so-called French fries were discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during WWI. As they were not too good at geography and history they apparently did not realize they were in the French-speaking part of Belgium, not in nearby France. Actually, in French fried potatoes have no nationality, they're simply "pomme frites" or to make it short "frites". The Britsh and others call them chips, and the Germans have incorporated the French "pommes frites". Therefore, this "issue" about fried potatoes being wrongly called French is actually pretty... American.
Yeah, that's the part that shows the hypocrisy in the treatment of Germany. Belgium is always depicted as the poor innocent country, subject to the evil oppression of Germany, just after Belgium had spent decades "making sure up to 13 million Congolese people weren't there anymore".
Except that's outrightly false. Belgium never did anything of the sort. Leopold II, the Belgian king did everything he could to achieve his ambitions, regardless of the consequences.
@@mariatheresavonhabsburg So it's outright false Germany did anything wrong, it was all that Austrian painter's fault who did everything he could to achieve his ambitions, regardless of the consequences, right? What fantasy land do you live in? Are you genuinely trying to say Leopold himself was trekking through the Congo "removing" 13 million people and nobody else is even involved? How delusional can you get?
@@DeReAntiqua Had you studied the slightest amount of historical context in regards to Leopold II, your questions would already be answered. Nazi Germany and Congo Free State aren't that comparable, especially when looking into the details. Leopold II never set foot in Africa, the people involved with realising Leopold's II ambitions were mostly mercenaries, as this colony was his personal, private property and project. The Belgian government at the time (not that could've called it democratic) didn't want to be involved, and they were forced take it over after Leopold's atrocities were revealed.
@@mariatheresavonhabsburg So to sum up: 1. Empty insult coupled with "NUUH-UH!" 2. Yet again "NUH-UH!" 3. Aaaaaaand "NUH-UH!" Remind me, where did the money go? Hm? And about how "nobody wanted to be involved" - yeah, well, the number of people who wanted to be camp guards in the 40s was limited as well. So I guess everybody's off the hook, right? Right? And the notion there were literally no Belgians in the Congo is the most laughable nonsense I've ever heard. But why am I even surprised, you chose as your avatar and name the product of generations upon generations of "close relative love". Your claims fit with your avatar. Lemme do you a favour. Lemme put you on my ignore list so my inbox isn't gettting spammed by a fangirl for autocrats and "people-disappearings" so long as it's black people on the receiving end. Because that's all this is. You're really going "Ah, it's just Africans, who cares". See ya never.
@@DeReAntiqua Underlining the importance of historical context is nowadays an insult? It's rich that you're complaining about alleged insults when you're the one resorting to personal attacks in a discussion about historical events, as if my profile picture was relevant here... You're far too sensitive to be discussing this subject if you can't have a civil exchange without basically throwing a tantrum. If you're open to an honest, civil discussion, I'm all ears. But I still do not appreciate dishonesty, strawmen, and putting words in other people's mouth. But in regards to the points you raised, namely the camp guards and the presence of Belgians in Congo, as I said, I don't believe Nazi Germany and Congo Free State to be that comparable. The head of state private actions through his henchmens vs national institution, ofcourse that doesn't diminish the severity of the actions that took place but it does paint a different picture, namely one where the King's ambitions disconnected from the country.
People from North Brabant province in the Netherlands are called half Belgium. Now you know why. It is an honourable title, most definitely not an insult 🥰
1:34 That is Flanders today, consisting of 5 provinces. In medieval times Flanders only consisted of (about) the territory of 2 provinces, West- and East-Flanders with some extra territory of what is now France to the south and the Netherlands to the north.
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Yeah , French fries you get from Mc Donalds or Burger King come in fact from Belgium.
So does Jean-Claude Van Damme.
The so-called French fries were discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during WWI. As they were not too good at geography and history they apparently did not realize they were in the French-speaking part of Belgium, not in nearby France. Actually, in French fried potatoes have no nationality, they're simply "pomme frites" or to make it short "frites". The Britsh and others call them chips, and the Germans have incorporated the French "pommes frites". Therefore, this "issue" about fried potatoes being wrongly called French is actually pretty... American.
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Yeah, that's the part that shows the hypocrisy in the treatment of Germany. Belgium is always depicted as the poor innocent country, subject to the evil oppression of Germany, just after Belgium had spent decades "making sure up to 13 million Congolese people weren't there anymore".
Except that's outrightly false.
Belgium never did anything of the sort.
Leopold II, the Belgian king did everything he could to achieve his ambitions, regardless of the consequences.
@@mariatheresavonhabsburg So it's outright false Germany did anything wrong, it was all that Austrian painter's fault who did everything he could to achieve his ambitions, regardless of the consequences, right? What fantasy land do you live in? Are you genuinely trying to say Leopold himself was trekking through the Congo "removing" 13 million people and nobody else is even involved? How delusional can you get?
@@DeReAntiqua
Had you studied the slightest amount of historical context in regards to Leopold II, your questions would already be answered.
Nazi Germany and Congo Free State aren't that comparable, especially when looking into the details.
Leopold II never set foot in Africa, the people involved with realising Leopold's II ambitions were mostly mercenaries, as this colony was his personal, private property and project.
The Belgian government at the time (not that could've called it democratic) didn't want to be involved, and they were forced take it over after Leopold's atrocities were revealed.
@@mariatheresavonhabsburg So to sum up:
1. Empty insult coupled with "NUUH-UH!"
2. Yet again "NUH-UH!"
3. Aaaaaaand "NUH-UH!"
Remind me, where did the money go? Hm? And about how "nobody wanted to be involved" - yeah, well, the number of people who wanted to be camp guards in the 40s was limited as well. So I guess everybody's off the hook, right? Right? And the notion there were literally no Belgians in the Congo is the most laughable nonsense I've ever heard. But why am I even surprised, you chose as your avatar and name the product of generations upon generations of "close relative love". Your claims fit with your avatar. Lemme do you a favour. Lemme put you on my ignore list so my inbox isn't gettting spammed by a fangirl for autocrats and "people-disappearings" so long as it's black people on the receiving end. Because that's all this is. You're really going "Ah, it's just Africans, who cares".
See ya never.
@@DeReAntiqua
Underlining the importance of historical context is nowadays an insult?
It's rich that you're complaining about alleged insults when you're the one resorting to personal attacks in a discussion about historical events, as if my profile picture was relevant here...
You're far too sensitive to be discussing this subject if you can't have a civil exchange without basically throwing a tantrum.
If you're open to an honest, civil discussion, I'm all ears.
But I still do not appreciate dishonesty, strawmen, and putting words in other people's mouth.
But in regards to the points you raised, namely the camp guards and the presence of Belgians in Congo, as I said, I don't believe Nazi Germany and Congo Free State to be that comparable.
The head of state private actions through his henchmens vs national institution, ofcourse that doesn't diminish the severity of the actions that took place but it does paint a different picture, namely one where the King's ambitions disconnected from the country.