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> Those who lived there before Columbus. That's tricky because North America for instance was already half empty by the point Europeans started settling becaus
by qwytw 3y ago
> Those who lived there before Columbus.
That's tricky because North America for instance was already half empty by the point Europeans started settling because to old world diseases killing up to 80-90% of the population in many areas.
Without that gaining a foothold would've been much more difficult. It's not obvious the Spanish would've been able to subjugate all of the native civilizations they encountered that 'easily' either. Chances are Mexico etc. would've looked much closer to India or Indonesia for instance.
- carlosjobim 3y agoThere were very well documented campaigns of extermination and forced relocation of the natives, conducted by the immigrants. No matter what was the situation before the arrival of the immigrants. That's just an undeniable fact. Since I'm not a true hacker, I won't pretend that the people living in America today have any blame for that. But it doesn't mean that we have to let that be repeated. Mass migration with the goal to colonize and replace natives is an act of war, and it is being conducted in many places around the world right now, fueled by an ideology of hatred.