Re:What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good...
by requin246 on Sunday June 06, 2021 @03:26AM
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Your comparison is factually incorrect.
The documented death rate of the inquisitions is on the order of 4500 people over 400 years [1]. That’s a rate of 11 people per year.
Aztec sacrifice estimates are on the scale of 20,000 to 250,000 per year. [2]
In actual fact, the Aztecs are in a far worse light than the Dominicans and Franciscans. The Nazi comparison is valid. There’s no society on earth that would end innocent life on that scale for another 500 years.
The documented death rate of the inquisitions is on the order of 4500 people over 400 years [1]. That’s a rate of 11 people per year.
Aztec sacrifice estimates are on the scale of 20,000 to 250,000 per year. [2]
In actual fact, the Aztecs are in a far worse light than the Dominicans and Franciscans. The Nazi comparison is valid. There’s no society on earth that would end innocent life on that scale for another 500 years.
[1]: https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/39443/what-was-t...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_cultu...