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lots of people are saying this and my response is to refer you to the famous Knowing conveyed by this indigenous person at his moment of triumph https://t.co/1s5S47wJpu https://t.co/rEhdO7oDhp
@eigenrobot There's a very strong case to be made that European technological advantages in the early expansion period were vital but less significant than seafaring and particularly small unit tactics "special forces" are the real key and an indigenous European way of knowing
@eigenrobot it's not even like the cultures here were non-violent. it's less documented, but hawaiian, american indigenous people etc have their own history of massacres and bloodsheed https://t.co/Mg4iBRktux
@eigenrobot the biggest things from the little ive read was just population. disease was a big one >Indian populations plummeted by over 90% in one generation. That’s 9 out of 10 dead in the time it takes someone to grow into an adult
@eigenrobot a disciplined supply chain, culture of accumulation of information and wealth, industry and weaponry, experience using ruthlessly genocidal and realpolitik tactics eventually the people who had centuries of practice going to war with gunpowder and linear algebra win
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