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Re:New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés T... by roughly on Sunday March 24, 2024 @07:13PM (#39811390)
I think that's how they justified it, but all the looting and slave labor are what required the justification.

The book "Why Nations Fail" spends a while discussing the Spanish approach to the Americas, and "Extractive" doesn't even begin to cover it.

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Re:New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés T... by christkv on Monday March 25, 2024 @12:41AM (#39812921)
You do realize that the Aztecs also practiced slavery as well.
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Re:New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés T... by AlecSchueler on Monday March 25, 2024 @10:39AM (#39816898)
That in no way justifies the behavior of the Spanish at the time.
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