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On the other hand, reading about the Aztecs, they were exactly the kind of assholes who would have done exactly what the Europeans did if only they had gunpowder and guns. Humankind in general appears to be assholes. Europeans just historically were good at it. Though other cultures appear to have caught up, like the Cambodians with their genocide, or that whole Rwanda genocide thing, or ...
No Longer A Honky Editor:
If only the Euros didn't think they were such hot blessed-by-Jesus shit merely 'cause they were first w/ the worst.
No one is innocent for damn sure; we're just tired of whitey claiming to be any better than the rest of them.
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