Monument Léopold II — Attraction in Brussels

Legacy is for those who build human life. This man destroyed many to build one for the regime of whites and the ignorant Belge There's a point when the powerful are put in a statue. Either when they think they're powerful enough to spend money on, or when their successors think that. In a monarchy, they're born powerful and so their successors. This is then to instill grandeur of fear. That the system and its taxes will never be for the people but only builds on people, their uteruses, hands, and feet. Now it's cultural divide and polarisation for the vote. Born into the monarchy this colonist exploited nations and instilled hate on the count of making Belgium industrial, with rubber. Belgians of course liked it, regardless where the resources came from. I'm not African, nor European. But I'm bruxellois and I don't like this statue in my city. A reminder that middle class Belgians who are now still enslaved, have always be enslaved but just put in a hierarchy. That the draining of Africa will continue, that even if the Belgians don't make a mess of other races and their limbs: colonisation is not of the past. It's history,...

I'm sure this statue will fall very soon. 7 milion people are displaced in Congo today because we, white Europeans, want to live wealthy. There are more Congolese refugees than there are Flemish people. They are dying, being raped and buried alive in the mines because of the abundant minerals Congo has. This genocide is happening because of money. There is a reason why this statue is still here. White Belgian people are still proud of their colonial history. This white supremacy will soon come to an end and this statue will be remelted into a memoriam for all the Congolese lives which have been lost. People will not...

This monument stands in tribute to Leopold II, the king of Belgium known in equal measures for being the builder king and for his "harsh administration" of the Congo. The monument is a equestrian statue and features the king sitting peacefully on his horse at rest. When I visited, someone had poured white pain over his head. I guess someone took exception to his brutal administration of Congo and you'll get no complaints from me about that.

I'll give it one extra star purely for...