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He came dancing across the water (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You just had to post something that makes me cry. Hernán Cortés the idiot lawyer that brought on an apocalypse.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Oh, good, the bloodthirsty empire neighboring us is gone! Certainly whatever replaces them can't be worse!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You know Tlaxcala were not innocent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Innocent of what? You're whatabouting something that nobody even mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tlaxcaltecs were the people of Tlaxcala who were the target of the "Flower Wars". There's a very good chance that when Cortés showed up Tlaxcalan forces capitalized on the chance to swing the power balance in the region, by wiping out the citizens in the altepetl of Cholula.