08-22-2017, 10:58 AM
(08-22-2017, 10:52 AM)PhilHos Wrote: C'mon, man. That's like saying blacks were complicit in their own slavery. There might be some truth to it, but that doesn't make slavery or genocide any less of an atrocity.
I didn't say that it wasnt a bad deal. I just said that it was necessary to be what we were today. The Spanish colonies integrated with the native populations in south and Central America.
When it comes to colonization.... the brits and the Dutch did it right. Despite their aggressive actions.