• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    4 months ago

    It’s all so terribly crude and savage. The conquistadors regularly acknowledged the complexity and grandeur of the accomplishments of American civilizations, and then went and destroyed it all anyway. Not even in the course of conquest, just as a goal in and of itself. It’s so absurd.