Thread:XerosPlex/@comment-26192486-20200915021817/@comment-26192486-20200919221817

It would be rational to say that all genocides are massacres, but not all massacres aren't genocides. For the natives to be put under forced labor until they die under the rule of King Leopold II, I would call it a mass murder, a.k.a. a massacre by the millions. It was extremely cruel of what the Belguim king made the natives go through, especially with the 'hands' scenario, but I can't quickly jump to a conclusion to classify this event as a genocide. For every genocide, the sole intend of the perpentrator was to kill a targeted group of people (for who they are) by whole or in part. King Leopard II didn't target the Congolese natives for extermination, but rather for brutal, cruel forced labor to make profit. Still, due to his actions, I'd doubt that he would care one bit for the lives of the Congolese and their inhumane treatment.

From my knowledge, I would call it a mass atrocity, for now.