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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'd like to note that pre-Columbian contact estimates for the population of the Americas vary wildly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_the_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to note that conquistadors actively spread disease amongst natives. They knew what they were doing.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean, even if they didn't, the mass enslaving and slaughter performed by the conquistadors is enough to prove that they were evil genocidal fucks.