It’s not that accurate to describe Europeans “conquering” the Americas, more like moving in after the smallpox did most of the dirty work then mopping up the remainder. A better example is Africa, where it was unquestionably deliberate acts of aggression that saw nearly the whole continent subdued.
That too, but I think Americas are a better example because nowadays the mainstream media is full of bison excrement about how Native Americans led wise, serene, and peaceful lives in harmony with Nature until the stupid and greedy white man came and killed them all.
Maybe it’s a provincial thing. Europeans get the same or similar thing about our great-grandfathers’ treatment of Africans. Here in Britain we get both :/
It’s not that accurate to describe Europeans “conquering” the Americas, more like moving in after the smallpox did most of the dirty work then mopping up the remainder. A better example is Africa, where it was unquestionably deliberate acts of aggression that saw nearly the whole continent subdued.
Either way, it’s not relevant to the “best” politcal system taking over, because it’s about opportunity, force of numbers, technology, and, GERMS.
And genes.
If one genotype took over, that would be fragile. Like pandas . Diversity is robustness.
I dunno man, milk digestion worked out well for Indo-Europeans.
If by genes you mean smallpox and hepatitis resistance genes, yes.
That too, but I think Americas are a better example because nowadays the mainstream media is full of bison excrement about how Native Americans led wise, serene, and peaceful lives in harmony with Nature until the stupid and greedy white man came and killed them all.
Maybe it’s a provincial thing. Europeans get the same or similar thing about our great-grandfathers’ treatment of Africans. Here in Britain we get both :/