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Part Two: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

Behind the Bastards

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Mango's Empire

By the time Walker was in charge of Nicaragua, racism is definitely not just a thing he's using to get more troops but like a motivating force. The one positive impact of Walker's time and power is that it did successfully unite the two warring factions of the Nicaraguan government. "The legitimacy and liberal parties were able to come together to say fuck you to the white guy who'd conquered their country almost by accident"

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