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What amazes me the most about spices (and other exotic crops) and their history is that we were willing to commit genocide to get them. But then again, it's not
by FriedrichN 5y ago
What amazes me the most about spices (and other exotic crops) and their history is that we were willing to commit genocide to get them. But then again, it's not too hard to see parallels with some of today's products.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Is...
- jfengel 5y agoWell, commit genocide to get the money. People usually object to connecting the genocide directly to the consumer products. You need shady middlemen, such as the X East India companies, to launder in between the two.