No colonialism, no European capitalism.

Despite religious justifications, the profit motive is clear. The Catholic Church and the French and Iberian crowns were already amassing wealth from the silver, gold, pelts, and timber wrested from the New World. The English monarchs went so far as to declare their 20 percent cut of the explorers’ profits, to n…
The Doctrine of Discovery and America’s Founding Failures
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Maria Theresa Stadtmueller
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Sep 20, 2020
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No colonialism, no European capitalism. Thanks for this enlightening (and very dark) round-up. And I also love that you identify as a "peasant." I think I might have to join you lol
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