Monday, October 13, 2008
National Rape and Pillage Day
Being laid up in bed with a bad back for most of this Columbus Day has given me lots of time to think. Like, if Columbus hadn’t discovered the Americas (after the multiple times it was discovered by others) would I be somewhere in Europe right now with healthcare so that I would be taken care in moments like this, or better yet healthcare that prevent moments like this? If Columbus hadn’t accidentally ended up in the Americas, mistaking it for Asia, would my prescription cost be covered? Of course, one has also to wonder about how the history of colonialism would change, etc. And would the genocide of the native peoples ever of happened. Maybe if Columbus didn’t initiate the whole process, someone else would have gotten around to it sooner or later. If someone other than Columbus rediscovered the Americas, would everything have followed the same course? Just some thoughts.
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Alas, I think that the New World would have been pillaged, no matter who colonized it. Columbus, of course, didn't even discover it, as ample evidence indicates that the Basques and Vikings stopped by first. The dominant European attitude then was that indigenous people were assets, or enemies, and nothing more. Maybe if the New World had magically remained undiscovered for another 500-1000 years, they would have been able to fight back.
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