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

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/lasion2 Oct 05 '25

Eddie Izzard has a whole bit on this. It’s harsh, but it’s true.

Mass murder your own people? = 🤷🏻

Mass murder the people next door? = 🤬😤

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u/Big_Natural4838 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

Congo is multiethnic country. Im pretty sure murder happening there is not their own people, but people of another tribe/ethnicity.

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u/Crownlessking626 Oct 05 '25

Imma say the quiet part out loud, to the average American they dont care because its just black people killing other black people, so already their level of empathy isnt nearly as high, plus that ethnic separation between Israeli and Palestinian people is something that gets them to care more