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I think that's how they justified it, but all the looting and slave labor are what required the justification. The book "Why Nations Fail" spends a while discu
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I think that's how they justified it, but all the looting and slave labor are what required the justification.
The book "Why Nations Fail" spends a while discussing the Spanish approach to the Americas, and "Extractive" doesn't even begin to cover it.
- christkv 3y agoYou do realize that the Aztecs also practiced slavery as well.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoThat in no way justifies the behavior of the Spanish at the time.