Leopold and belgians colonized congo in 1885, due to the industrial revolution which made raw goods, money, and resources more desirable. Because this new found governmental power construct, western empire’s greed for control, as well as influence over neighboring rivals increased. Alongside this greed for power, came the thought process that Africans were inferior, and needed the help of European countries to make them more civilized, further motivating Western societies to take over, or at least have an excuse too. Subsequently, Leopold was able to gain control of congo through manipulation of natives, his “ humanitarian philosophies”, and eventually tricking land distributers into believing he had relationships with Congolese people. Now,
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As a result of negative ideologies taught during colonialism, foreign countries easily abused a weakened and newly introduced society, setting back the rise of Congo as a country, and leaving future governments in bad predicaments to resolve. Therefore, not only was the future affected, leading to a chain of bad events, but the world’s tolerance to allow such exploitation, helped prolong all the tragedies Congolese people have to overcome today. When finally relieved from control by foreign countries, Congo had been left in shambles, and in a position where fending for themselves was nearly impossible, due to the new structured agenda they were trying to attribute themselves too. This agenda was the agenda of western countries, and the belief that Africans were “savagery” or “uncivilized”, needing to form to European standards of living, as well as government. Furthermore, Promptly after independence, the negative effects of this new ideal system trying to be incorporated, began to show, and the fact that unity was key in creating it was the …show more content…
This greediness contributed to pushing Congo towards continuously enveloping themselves in bad situations, and not being able to improve. Consequently, the lack of a strong control system, created consistent tormenting and overworking to support foreign powers. According to a Vice documentary “it’s in every businessman's interest to keep conflict going, then there’s no control, there’s no government, there’s nobody watching whether or not children are working.” ( Vice ) this mindset is what has fueled western economies, and continues to add to the corruption of Congo. To be more specific, this corruption maintains due to the Congolese citizens and economy, being faced with diminishing or even worst predicaments, if production fails to continue. Fortunately, with the new progressive leader ( Joseph Kabila ) and modern day outlooks, there has been a lot of pressure put towards change. Now, western companies have to document whether or not they use conflict minerals, and laws are being implemented to help better work constraints, but the avoidance of this unfair labour remains making the economy even
As a result of negative ideologies taught during colonialism, foreign countries easily abused a weakened and newly introduced society, setting back the rise of Congo as a country, and leaving future governments in bad predicaments to resolve. Therefore, not only was the future affected, leading to a chain of bad events, but the world’s tolerance to allow such exploitation, helped prolong all the tragedies Congolese people have to overcome today. When finally relieved from control by foreign countries, Congo had been left in shambles, and in a position where fending for themselves was nearly impossible, due to the new structured agenda they were trying to attribute themselves too. This agenda was the agenda of western countries, and the belief that Africans were “savagery” or “uncivilized”, needing to form to European standards of living, as well as government. Furthermore, Promptly after independence, the negative effects of this new ideal system trying to be incorporated, began to show, and the fact that unity was key in creating it was the …show more content…
This greediness contributed to pushing Congo towards continuously enveloping themselves in bad situations, and not being able to improve. Consequently, the lack of a strong control system, created consistent tormenting and overworking to support foreign powers. According to a Vice documentary “it’s in every businessman's interest to keep conflict going, then there’s no control, there’s no government, there’s nobody watching whether or not children are working.” ( Vice ) this mindset is what has fueled western economies, and continues to add to the corruption of Congo. To be more specific, this corruption maintains due to the Congolese citizens and economy, being faced with diminishing or even worst predicaments, if production fails to continue. Fortunately, with the new progressive leader ( Joseph Kabila ) and modern day outlooks, there has been a lot of pressure put towards change. Now, western companies have to document whether or not they use conflict minerals, and laws are being implemented to help better work constraints, but the avoidance of this unfair labour remains making the economy even