A bronze statue of King Leopold II standing on a pedestal in a public square in Belgium.
"Why should a statue be built for King Leopold II after
he slaughtered ten million Africans in the Congo if there isn't one for Adolf
Hitler, who killed six million Jews?" Joel Savage is curious. Particularly
about King Leopold II of Belgium, the subject draws attention to a notable
discrepancy in how past leaders and governments accountable for mass atrocities
are honoring and celebrating their crimes in contemporary times.