Comments on: The Skill of Spending – A History Lesson http://amfreenet.com/2009/04/the-skill-of-spending-a-history-lesson/ Real Americans - Common Sense for Freedom Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Topics about Mayas » Archive » The Skill of Spending - A History Lesson | The American Freedom … http://amfreenet.com/2009/04/the-skill-of-spending-a-history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Topics about Mayas » Archive » The Skill of Spending - A History Lesson | The American Freedom … Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:10:40 +0000 http://amfreenet.com/?p=1156#comment-825 [...] CPT put an intriguing blog post on The Skill of Spending - A History Lesson | The American Freedom …Here’s a quick excerptThe Mayans were not backwards, only fooled into thinking the Spaniards were gods. Today, Americans, or at least some of them, seem to be falling into the same traps of the Incas and the Mayans: too trusting of the government, … [...] [...] CPT put an intriguing blog post on The Skill of Spending – A History Lesson | The American Freedom …Here’s a quick excerptThe Mayans were not backwards, only fooled into thinking the Spaniards were gods. Today, Americans, or at least some of them, seem to be falling into the same traps of the Incas and the Mayans: too trusting of the government, … [...]

]]> By: Mutnodjmet http://amfreenet.com/2009/04/the-skill-of-spending-a-history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Mutnodjmet Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:00:32 +0000 http://amfreenet.com/?p=1156#comment-731 Interesting comparison, though removing an important part of the story -- infectious diseases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_American_indigenous_peoples When the Spanish are readily recovering from illness that is killing them in droves, it is little wonder that the Maya and other peoples thought the Spanish divinely blessed. Interesting comparison, though removing an important part of the story — infectious diseases:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_American_indigenous_peoples

When the Spanish are readily recovering from illness that is killing them in droves, it is little wonder that the Maya and other peoples thought the Spanish divinely blessed.

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