Even before Trump, we were on the way to losing our democracy — but we did not pay attention. Now, we have no choice but to attend to it
  • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Ahhh hell you’re right I’ll go make a correction. I like Aztec history way more than U.S.A. history so I’m not surprised I’ve been mistaken about this for decades.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        Aztec human sacrifice and the brutal capital punishment implemented by European countries were both for the same thing: To maintain social order.

        Except the Aztecs sacrificed a lot fewer people to their gods than the Europeans sacrificed to their god of “justice.”