Episode #137- What's the Deal with Guns, Germs, and Steel? (Part II)
Our Fake History
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The Human Motives Behind the Mowry Conquest
The problem with diamond is that he doesn't really for the human motivations behind a lust for empire or a lust for wealth. In european society at that time, that was considered all good. The religious idea s of the day taught that christians had a duty to convert the heathens. It also followed that non christians, and especially pagans, were not due the same level of dignity, chivalry or respect reserved for other monotheists. He in no way addresses the immediate context of the displacement caused by new zealand's musket wars,. i think that's kind important.
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