Anonymous
7/27/2025, 1:25:10 AM No.17874758
>enslaving its neighbors
So? Every empire did that. The Spanish themselves did that exact thing to the Americas.
>practicing human sacrifice and cannibalism
Cannibalism is propaganda. Also, the whole human sacrifice thing is overblown as
- It was done to prisoners of war, not random civilians.
- It would have eventually gone away on its own. No need for destroying Aztec civilization.
- The Spanish killed more natives in one year alone than the Aztecs sacrificed in their entire existence.
>teach them to read and write
They already had their own writing systems; the Maya had a complex hieroglyphic script; the Aztecs used pictographic codices; the Inca had quipu (knotted strings). The Spanish burnt and suppressed all this. Also, literacy in Spanish colonies was restricted to elites, and only in Spanish or Latin, not in any native languages.
>convert them to Christianity
L since they already had their own native religion.
>give them modern ideas of sanitation
They already had that. The Aztecs used aqueducts, public baths, and had waste removal systems. The Inca had advanced urban planning and plumbing in cities like Machu Picchu. Ironically, Tenochtitlan alone was more sanitized than the entire European continent.
So? Every empire did that. The Spanish themselves did that exact thing to the Americas.
>practicing human sacrifice and cannibalism
Cannibalism is propaganda. Also, the whole human sacrifice thing is overblown as
- It was done to prisoners of war, not random civilians.
- It would have eventually gone away on its own. No need for destroying Aztec civilization.
- The Spanish killed more natives in one year alone than the Aztecs sacrificed in their entire existence.
>teach them to read and write
They already had their own writing systems; the Maya had a complex hieroglyphic script; the Aztecs used pictographic codices; the Inca had quipu (knotted strings). The Spanish burnt and suppressed all this. Also, literacy in Spanish colonies was restricted to elites, and only in Spanish or Latin, not in any native languages.
>convert them to Christianity
L since they already had their own native religion.
>give them modern ideas of sanitation
They already had that. The Aztecs used aqueducts, public baths, and had waste removal systems. The Inca had advanced urban planning and plumbing in cities like Machu Picchu. Ironically, Tenochtitlan alone was more sanitized than the entire European continent.
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