1 everyone knows just how yucky modern life can be. What we collectively forget is how high the bar for "being poor" is today. Modern poor people have things like:
hot and cold running water
roof overhead, dry bed to sleep in
3 meals a day, usually
freedom of movement & association
shoes, clothing, hygiene, medicine
free education
luxury items unheard of just 100 years ago.
2 Yes. The choice between allowing the Aztecs to continue & exterminating them is a no-brainer. To consider the opposite? If the Aztecs came over the ocean and wiped out the Spanish? How would that go? They were more savage, bloodthirsty and barbaric than even the Muslims of that era. They made Mongols look like choir boys! (Mongols were actually pretty cool, unless you made them mad ofc)
It is sad that the Jesuits were so thorough in destroying every aspect of Aztec culture and heritage. However? What "good things" could have come from such a savage "civilization"? A story on the level of Beowulf? Doubtful. Scientific knowledge of... how to torture people?
The Jesuits also did a number on the Hopi, who were very peaceful. Luckily they managed to keep most of their culture and history.
Does nearly wiping out a civilization mean it was improved? You said yes.
There are different answers for different civilizations, you are aware of this, yes?
If space aliens came and imposed their version of civilization on us? And 90% of the population had their lives vastly improved while the Elite 5% got taken down a notch? You'd object to this? "Those poor oppressed billionaires, politicians and lawyers, we should protect their culture!" 😃
Jesus actually said: "Then saith He unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." (Mat 22:21)
I just love it when anti-religious people try to use the Bible! It's just hysterical. (I'm a Deist btw, but I know Shiite from Shineola)
So one's culture doesn't depend entirely on the government in power. Ok? Mennonites, Hudderites, Jews, Druze and many more cultures thrive under different governments; even in the face of oppression. That the Aztec "culture" was so easily destroyed shows how horrible it must have been.
That is the rhetoric of the left, not right-thinking people like me. Dehumanization is descending from "on high" right now. You're a man? You're White? You don't blindly obey the government? You'll have no "human rights" any longer, not if they get their way. Overthrowing this "culture" of woke elite dictatorship (like the WEF wants) would be a good thing.
You were polite enough, so I took you seriously & replied seriously too. Hopefully politely as well. It seemed like we were a "whisker away" from agreeing (that's a cat term!) and you did have valid points, just distracted? misdirected? I thought.
Anyhow cheers & have a wonderful week!
1 everyone knows just how yucky modern life can be. What we collectively forget is how high the bar for "being poor" is today. Modern poor people have things like:
2 Yes. The choice between allowing the Aztecs to continue & exterminating them is a no-brainer. To consider the opposite? If the Aztecs came over the ocean and wiped out the Spanish? How would that go? They were more savage, bloodthirsty and barbaric than even the Muslims of that era. They made Mongols look like choir boys! (Mongols were actually pretty cool, unless you made them mad ofc)
It is sad that the Jesuits were so thorough in destroying every aspect of Aztec culture and heritage. However? What "good things" could have come from such a savage "civilization"? A story on the level of Beowulf? Doubtful. Scientific knowledge of... how to torture people?
The Jesuits also did a number on the Hopi, who were very peaceful. Luckily they managed to keep most of their culture and history.
There are different answers for different civilizations, you are aware of this, yes?
If space aliens came and imposed their version of civilization on us? And 90% of the population had their lives vastly improved while the Elite 5% got taken down a notch? You'd object to this? "Those poor oppressed billionaires, politicians and lawyers, we should protect their culture!" 😃
Jesus actually said: "Then saith He unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." (Mat 22:21)
I just love it when anti-religious people try to use the Bible! It's just hysterical. (I'm a Deist btw, but I know Shiite from Shineola)
So one's culture doesn't depend entirely on the government in power. Ok? Mennonites, Hudderites, Jews, Druze and many more cultures thrive under different governments; even in the face of oppression. That the Aztec "culture" was so easily destroyed shows how horrible it must have been.
That is the rhetoric of the left, not right-thinking people like me. Dehumanization is descending from "on high" right now. You're a man? You're White? You don't blindly obey the government? You'll have no "human rights" any longer, not if they get their way. Overthrowing this "culture" of woke elite dictatorship (like the WEF wants) would be a good thing.
Well that's good! 😃 Walks are wonderful things.
You were polite enough, so I took you seriously & replied seriously too. Hopefully politely as well. It seemed like we were a "whisker away" from agreeing (that's a cat term!) and you did have valid points, just distracted? misdirected? I thought.
Anyhow cheers & have a wonderful week!