How do you “discover” a country that was crawling with people when you got there?
Ahh - A Howard Zinn protege.
You’re aware that the author of 1619 has said it wasn’t meant to be accurate but allegorical?
With advanced telescopes and other devices, we are discovering new planets all the time.
Some of those planets may have advanced life, perhaps even humanoid life, on them. So would that negate our discovery of those planets?
Of course not. What makes something a discovery is that prior to that event, it was not known by the prevailing culture calling it a discovery. Prior to the voyage of Columbus, the continents of Europe Asia and Africa where most of civilization resided were completely unaware of the existence of North and South America. The indigenous people living in North and South America were not part of the prevailing culture that was calling it a discovery, so therefore they were not relevant to whether or not those calling it a discovery ought to do so, just as alien life on another planet would not be relevant to astronomers calling it a discovery when that planet first got detected by them.
How do you “discover” a country that was crawling with people when you got there?
Its a reletive thing. That’s simply the way it works out when one culture is simple and static and the other is sophisticated and dynamic. Columbus discovered America for the people who were making history. It’s never been about who was here or who actully came here first.
Columbus discovered the America’s for the Europeans. It is sort of like when you tell your friends “ my wife and I discover this Resturant “. Now if you are a Karen if the grammar police you immediately say, “ how did you discover it when waitresses and waiters, cooks and customers were already there”!
Discovered it for the rest of the world. Feel better now?
He didn’t discover a ‘country’ He discovered new lands that turned out to be two CONTINENTS and associated islands.
The countries came several centuries later. Ours in 1776.
When you don’t even know the correct terms for the discussion it makes it hard to take your point of view seriously.
Honestly.
Crawling with people?
The North American continent had probably a million, and more likely half that number. No where near the 400 million they are trying to con us into believing. They were a Hunter-Gatherer society with a little farming on the side. No way this area could support the ridiculous numbers they are trying to foist on us.
The book MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS by Dunn Jr has a good article on this . Chapter 1 introduction.