Lingering Thoughts after Today's Discussion

The question I wanted to explore more was a combination of 7 and 10. The reason i wanted to explore this more was because we only went into specifics from the book where i think that with these questions we can bring up broader themes and ideas and maybe connecting them to other events such as the holocaust. Specifically with Leopolds childhood life what specifically in his childhood was so traumatic that made him act so aggressively towards Congo and the African people. Also maybe talking about the reasoning for him marrying off his daughter to the austrian-hungry princes so he can try to have a better connection and relationship with that country in order to gain more power and respect. Was it just that he didnt care about his daughters or he just wanted to get rid of them so he can focus on the Congo? Could we also compare and contrast the treatment of blacks in Africa and the treatment of Jews in the holocaust and try to find a correlation with Leopolds past and some of the leaders of the Holocaust.