What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on peasants

Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ... by MagnumOpus on Friday February 12, 2021 @06:08AM (#26112398)

> Belgian schools do not in any way teach that Belgium is solely responsible for the Rwandan genocide

Making the cackhanded pre-1970s Belgian administration "solely" responsible for the 1993 genocide is an exceptionally unorthodox (i.e. stupid) hot take, so it's no wonder that no school is teaching it.

That's comparable to claiming the the US, British and French are "solely" responsible for the Holocaust because they forced Germany to sign the Versailles treaty. Yes it might have played a role, but it's clearly ridiculous.

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Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ... by ramraj07 on Friday February 12, 2021 @07:20AM (#26112886)

Belgium might not be solely responsible but to say its role is just marginal is also preposterous. Dividing people arbitrarily into two groups explicitly to do divide-and-rule is what ended up with the genocide. They're not responsible only insofar as not realising the true ramifications of the evil deeds they did.

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Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ... by avesi on Friday February 12, 2021 @12:20PM (#26116006)

In my opinion, you're denying the people of Rwanda their agency when you frame it like this.

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Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ... by slothtrop on Friday February 12, 2021 @08:43AM (#26113534)

It would be preposterous, if anyone were saying it.

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Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ... by watwut on Friday February 12, 2021 @09:38AM (#26114058)

In the report I read, the division already existed. The Belgium speed up the process and caused the division to radicalize.

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