Brevisima Relacion de la Destruccion de Las Indias

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1. hi-v-rocknrollJul 2024
   A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Original title: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) 1552, Bartolomé de las Casas.

   The genocide by the Spanish of directly and indirectly ~110M indigenous peoples and African slaves in the Americas needs a "Holocaust"-type unique name.

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2. sacnoradhqJun 2023
   As Marxist as I tend to be, I view banning media outright is counterproductive. It lifts that work up an ideological martyr and encourages seeking it. If you disagree with an ideology, then dissect it intellectually and reveal the full history of why it is suboptimal.

   2 books worth reading:

   1. "The People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn

   2. Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies) 1552 by Bartolomé de las Casas. If you thought the slave trade in the British Colonies was brutal, the Heart of Darkness-like massacre of indigenous peoples by the Spanish was akin to the Cambodian genocide multiplied by 10: ~30 million deaths from imported diseases and brutal mass murder, exclude ~11 million African slaves.

   Few of the specific dirty deeds done in the name of Manifest Destiny and white supremacy are taught in school. Garrison Mob of 1835, Detroit 1863, Washington and Norfolk 1919, Chicago 1919, Garfield Park 1919, Jenkins County GA 1919, Charleston 1919, Texas 1919, Arizona 1919, Tulsa 1921, Washington DC 1925 (KKK march), and on it goes.

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3. failwhalesharkJun 2021
   Nothing needs to be destroyed or reinvented, only returned to common-sense and integrity. There are essentially no new ideas.

   - Everyman's Library Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is worth having.

   - A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies / Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias is another title important to understand what happened in the Americas as well as slaves taken from Africa.

   - Other titles by: Aristotle, Sartre, Kant, Plato, Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, Marx, Chalmers Johnson, Kaczynski (accurate and precise in analysis, dead wrong in prescription), Chomsky, Thomas Paine, Zinn, Stiglitz, Richard Wolff.

   Like a scientist if they were to invent compact fusion power in their garage but were so bad at marketing and communicating it that they couldn't sell even one, books alone are static print on dead trees that cannot accomplish actions. This is especially true if their messages fall on deaf, ignorant, or greedy/selfish ears.

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4. dm3730Nov 2019
   > I recommend you to read history. There was no genocide in Cuba

   Perhaps your history is written by Spaniards. I notice you didn't give any specific books to read. I'll do you a favour. Here's one: https://www.amazon.com/Brevisima-relacion-destruicion-Humani... The cover is "A 16th-century illustration by Flemish Protestant Theodor de Bry for Las Casas's Brevisima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, depicting Spanish atrocities during the conquest of Cuba"

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5. himomJun 2018
   A book? I can’t color between the lines on this one, maybe I can’t read between them either. Here’s 3:

   Collapse by Jared Diamond

   The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon

   Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (English: A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies ) by Bartolomé de las Casas

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6. sacnoradhqMay 2023
   Focus on history books around events and people, not theological works.

   The Vedic period.

   The decline of Rome and rise of Christianity from Judaism.

   Scandinavia's gradual conversion from paganism to Christianity.

   Charlemagne, the Great Schism and the Holy Roman Empire.

   Late Vedic period when Romani left N. India.

   Dhimmi of the Caliphates and Ottoman Empire.

   Massacre of the Cathars.

   First Sichuanese massacre by Kublai Khan.

   The Mongols' laws regarding faith.

   Spanish Massacre of Jews in 1391.

   Martin Luther nailing his theses.

   Massacre of Han/Sichuanese by Jingxuan.

   Henry VIII.

   Bloody Mary.

   Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (in Spanish, or an English translation).

   Dzungar genocide of Tibetans by the Qing.

   Armenian massacre.

   Holocaust.

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