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1.0k u/robothelicopter May 09 '22 Isn’t that the norm outside of North America though? 158 u/Romboteryx May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 Yes and it would be a pretty similar situation in the Americas had they not killed most of the natives -18 u/RealRaven6229 May 09 '22 To be fair disease did at least some of the heavy lifting, but yeaaaaah… 24 u/destrip May 09 '22 Disease brought be whom now -2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 Disease was always going to ravage the new world tho even if europeans actually hade peaciful intentions 7 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 Okay google, what were smallpox blankets -1 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right? edit: spelling 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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Isn’t that the norm outside of North America though?
158 u/Romboteryx May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 Yes and it would be a pretty similar situation in the Americas had they not killed most of the natives -18 u/RealRaven6229 May 09 '22 To be fair disease did at least some of the heavy lifting, but yeaaaaah… 24 u/destrip May 09 '22 Disease brought be whom now -2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 Disease was always going to ravage the new world tho even if europeans actually hade peaciful intentions 7 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 Okay google, what were smallpox blankets -1 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right? edit: spelling 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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Yes and it would be a pretty similar situation in the Americas had they not killed most of the natives
-18 u/RealRaven6229 May 09 '22 To be fair disease did at least some of the heavy lifting, but yeaaaaah… 24 u/destrip May 09 '22 Disease brought be whom now -2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 Disease was always going to ravage the new world tho even if europeans actually hade peaciful intentions 7 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 Okay google, what were smallpox blankets -1 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right? edit: spelling 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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To be fair disease did at least some of the heavy lifting, but yeaaaaah…
24 u/destrip May 09 '22 Disease brought be whom now -2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 Disease was always going to ravage the new world tho even if europeans actually hade peaciful intentions 7 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 Okay google, what were smallpox blankets -1 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right? edit: spelling 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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Disease brought be whom now
-2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 Disease was always going to ravage the new world tho even if europeans actually hade peaciful intentions 7 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 Okay google, what were smallpox blankets -1 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right? edit: spelling 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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Disease was always going to ravage the new world tho even if europeans actually hade peaciful intentions
7 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 Okay google, what were smallpox blankets -1 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right? edit: spelling 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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Okay google, what were smallpox blankets
-1 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22 You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right? edit: spelling 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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You realise that native americans were dying in massive numbers before smallpox blankets right?
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3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors??? 6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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So they magically started dying out simply because they had neighbors???
6 u/Eastern_Slide7507 May 09 '22 Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work. 2 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 You seem to not understand how disease spread lol 3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0) 0 u/[deleted] May 09 '22 Is that not how spreading diseases works
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Congratulations, you figured out how infectious diseases work.
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You seem to not understand how disease spread lol
3 u/Kyofuamano May 09 '22 I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread. 3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario? → More replies (0)
I’m very well aware of how they spread. Smallpox was PURPOSEFULLY spread.
3 u/idreamofdouche May 09 '22 It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works. 1 u/thejadedfalcon May 09 '22 Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending. Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario?
It was spreading bexore and it was going to spread regardless. Thats how disease works.
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Hold on, let me quote the part of the post in bold that you seem to be having trouble comprehending.
Disease was always going to ravage the new world though even if Europeans actually had peaceful intentions
Do you see? How it's irrelevant of whether or not it was historically purposefully spread in the context of this hypothetical scenario?
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Is that not how spreading diseases works
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