a minor history note

(because I didn't realize the comm is members-only, so hell, I'll just post it here.)

To insert: the (rather shorthand) explanation I learned when studying anthropology was that you could generally classify ( the three major colonization efforts of the New World as three distinct attitudes, with the caveat that )

a glossy view like this is of limited use once you get into the particulars and realize just how messy and complex the history is...