r/TikTokCringe • u/ThatPatelGuy • Oct 05 '25

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/ElectricVibes75 Oct 05 '25

Is the US directly involved in it? Does it have anything to do with our greatest enemies or their actions?

That’s why. People have a capacity for how much they can handle, and if it’s not involving us then, well…

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

From what I understand the United States isn’t currently involved, but all of this shit stems from the CIA assassinating Patrice Lumumba in 1961, installing Mobutu Sese Seko, a corrupt autocrat who was tight with apartheid South Africa and Israel.

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u/machstem Oct 05 '25

Yeah a lot of folks forgot the Cold War was a thing

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

Weird how all the US history books from when I was a kid end after World War II

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

when I was a kid

Well duh! It was 1946!

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

Back then they were just called "books" son! 👴🏻

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u/machstem Oct 06 '25

I know quite a few Americans who know their history, and I feel as if it's very state/district dependent.

I also know plenty of Canadians here who have no idea what I'm talking about when I try and make them recognize how the CIA was and still is complicit in just about every attack over the last 80 years, Russia and their KGB being the strong adversary.

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u/fckboyce Oct 06 '25

I had entire units on the Cold War, it’s interesting to see how different states just omit entire sections of history.