In fairness, the Aztecs did in fact constantly terrorize, murder, and engage in human sacrifice and the Spanish did, in fact, honor their deal with the Tlaxcallans, who did not lose their special privileges until Mexican independence 300 years later.
Reposted from
Martin #509
is it just me or does this read entirely as just a Mexican version of every Italian-American big into Columbus
Comments
Spain: let’s recreate feudalism
France: lonely fur trappers just looking for a bit of love
Dutch: Let’s trade
England: There’s no one here who looks like us so we can say this land is empty and if the locals complain we’ll make it empty
Americans first needed to develop white as a meaningful catagory.
And indigenous aristocratic titles and families were recognized.
Which Spain was pretty willing to generate in the early years.
The rest if the planet has centuries-old genocidal feuds between peoples who are physiologically and culturally so similar that seeing the difference requires an electron microscope
If the aliens arrived tomorrow and Mexico could gain special status by fighting the US, i'd take the bet.