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Jesus Christ, Belgium, what is wrong with you (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Not quite, back then the king had more power, but certainly no absolute power. However, the Congo state was not a part of Belgium but the king's own colony, so he did have absolute power there.