tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7780591954613270221..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Brazil: The Future of America?Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-54974489499642489782016-04-19T19:58:06.917-04:002016-04-19T19:58:06.917-04:00Gentiles? What, you're a Christian now?
Corte...Gentiles? What, you're a Christian now?<br /><br />Cortez overthrew the Inca with help from like, a quarter million Tlaxcalans, who hated the Aztecs so badly that they used any weapon at hand against them. That and small pox. <br /><br />Like wise the Inca, where Pizarro got lucky and walked in on the aftermath of an Incan civil war, and was able to play one side against the other to point that he went and made himself the Incan Emperor, and made it stick, at least until the Council of the Indies got wind of it, because, well, subjects of the King of Spain don't get to make over throw sovereigns like that. That and small pox. <br /><br />The Mayans, or at least the classical Mayans, (as current thinking goes), declined due to climate change, which they couldn't deal with. The Mayans that the Spainish ran into were still fighting guerilla actions in the 1640's. <br /><br />Human sacrifice had nothing to do with it. <br /><br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-47976625787247566732016-04-19T10:20:13.065-04:002016-04-19T10:20:13.065-04:00What, conquered by the Spanish?
Where did you get...<b>What, conquered by the Spanish?</b><br /><br />Where did you get that line from EB?<br /><br />Personal bias I would think.<br /><br />No, sacrificing women and children to idol gods tends to generate certain consequences for a civilization. In modern culture, that would be Planned Profit's game.<br /><br />In this context, it would be the Gentiles, since Spain wasn't the only one that sent conquistadors.<br /><br />Your assumptions are wrong, EB, as usual. That's before you can get in on the historical argument, of course.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-52829276788418188302016-04-18T20:41:25.896-04:002016-04-18T20:41:25.896-04:00Heh. It's true, they don't speak Spanish ...Heh. It's true, they don't speak Spanish in Brazil. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-27573064606091039672016-04-18T19:38:28.087-04:002016-04-18T19:38:28.087-04:00What, conquered by the Spanish? You seldom make m...What, conquered by the Spanish? You seldom make much sense, but that historical comparison is just wrong. Wrong like "The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" wrong. <br /><br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-3994854422441999782016-04-18T13:32:51.785-04:002016-04-18T13:32:51.785-04:00America will go the same way as Inca, Mayans, and ...America will go the same way as Inca, Mayans, and Aztecs did. For about the same reason. Looks like the Entire Continent will be joining in on that Fallen War, however. Goody.<br /><br />The world is not far behind that one.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-10606274489996514132016-04-18T13:11:09.462-04:002016-04-18T13:11:09.462-04:00Politicians will just borrow more, raven. It would...Politicians will just borrow more, raven. It would have to be a broad and sustained strike to have any real impact on the size of government.<br /><br />Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-24679385100294762022016-04-18T12:55:10.877-04:002016-04-18T12:55:10.877-04:00The only way to shrink the Government is to limit ...The only way to shrink the Government is to limit it's money supply.<br />The problem with the approach is that many of the producers have got themselves in a debt bind, so the option to take off time from work and reduce their tax burden is not viable. Nevertheless if people got serious they could probably do with less and take some time off. <br /><br /> I would like to see a national strike of the working class and producers in this country. Say for a day to dart. Then maybe a week. <br /><br /> ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-12306180062245089892016-04-18T12:31:39.056-04:002016-04-18T12:31:39.056-04:00"The spice must flow.""The spice must flow."DLSlynoreply@blogger.com