> Survival of the fittest and all that Darwin never made this claim, nor is it part of natural selection. Natural selection doesn't select for the 'fittest', i

> Survival of the fittest and all that Darwin never made this claim, nor is it part of natural selection. Natural selection doesn't select for the 'fittest', it selects for the 'fit enough'. It's a minimum threshold, not a maximizing algorithm. Secondly, the native population of the Americas was mostly killed off by Smallpox. Though military superiority played a role, second to the pox was load bearing animals such as horses. Interestingly enough, husbandry of large livestock like horses is where diseases like the pox come from. . . and Eurasia is where all of the world's largest domesticated animals come from. So, Eurasians were able to slowly and gradually build resistance to these livestock oriented diseases. Short story: Why did all the native americans die off? Pure random chance. Not that Europeans are guilt free, they did some horrible, morally reprehensible shit. They just, even at their height, couldn't hold a candle to unadulterated, random cruelty of mother nature. That being said, there is some sweet, sweet irony when the nations that soaked up the entire world's wealth through theft, murder, and subjugation then used it to build empires on the backs of slaves complain about cheap labor taking their stuff. So enjoy the fish & chips and NHS!