I just checked the wiki page … it appears you chose to read what suited you and ignored the rest. On this subject I am sure I know more than you given that you literally stated some glaring untruths/assumptions based on some weird selective reading from a wiki page. — I like sushi
“Dilute horrors” ? What are you talking about? Whole civilisations literally collapsed before a gun was fired … I call that horrific don’t you? — I like sushi
Now you are just typing in tantrum mode.Who is making assumptions? Oh er … archeologists and historians not people who read selective wiki entries to fit into their sense of knowledge. — I like sushi
I still do maintain that is the case. Most civilisations have historically recovered from disease. Native Americans and indigenous tribes still exist, despite the ravages of disease and the actions of invaders. They just don't have the same control over the land and its resources as they used to, and that fact has a lot more to do with the actions of the invaders rather than disease. If no deaths were caused within native populations due to disease, then they would still have been almost destroyed due to the greed and short sightedness of their invaders.My entire point was you wrongly attributed aggressive invading Europeans as the primary mover in the downfall of the American peoples and their civilisations. — I like sushi
You probably do know more about him than I do. I have studied the Napoleonic wars in some detail and had read a little about Cochrane as an English naval commander. I probably know a lot more about the Napoleonic wars than you do, but really? WHO CARES!The additional point was that you clearly know next to nothing about Cochrane and his contributions in South America. — I like sushi
Bolsonaro is just another gangster. Lula is the better of the two evils, but hopefully Brazilians will eventually demand much better representatives/leaders than both of them. — universeness
Good thing that Bolsonaro didn't try a "6th January" à la Trump and co., — Olivier5
If you were being sold as a slave you would 100% want to be taken to the states rather than Brasil that is for sure! — I like sushi
Lula is A-okay in my book, much better than most politicians worldwide. Mandela too was accused of all sorts of crimes and spent time in jail ... but his accusers were the real criminals. Same thing in Brazil: they framed Lula because they could not defeat him in the ballot box. — Olivier5
Good thing that Bolsonaro didn't try a "6th January" à la Trump and co., and that he finally accepted his defeat. It could have gone much worse. — Olivier5
Did you type this before or after hearing last nights news from Brazil? — universeness
My position that in our current global society, what happens in America is unhealthily aped globally, remains. — universeness
I suppose its a question of how far back do we trace such events and decide what influenced what — universeness
My position that in our current global society, what happens in America is unhealthily aped globally, remains. — universeness
But these political conflicts will no have any effect in Japan, South Korea or China. — javi2541997
But their internal political status has no impact on China, Japan or South Korea? — universeness
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