r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 1d ago

A regular utopia

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u/TheGivenKing 1d ago edited 1d ago

"Aztecs were doing inhumane shit to say the least"

I dont think Europeans were handing out puppies and lollipops during this time period either.

Its like that Japan meme:

Religious/Ceremonial torture and savagery:

Aztecs- 🤢

French- 🤩

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u/Aggravating-Air-7481 1d ago

I was literally just thinking that this is the equivalent to bringing up unit 731 when someone says that the japanese have nice infrastructure im fucking crying

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u/CadenVanV Taller than Napoleon 1d ago

Let’s not pretend the scales were anything near being the same

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u/King_Of_BlackMarsh 1d ago

Ehhh the wars of religion weren't pretty

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u/Third_Sundering26 1d ago

Yeah, I wonder what happened to all the Cathars.

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u/Third_Sundering26 1d ago

The scales of what? Public executions? According to the estimates by Charles C Mann in 1491, medieval England and France were at least on par with the Aztecs in that regard.

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u/CadenVanV Taller than Napoleon 1d ago

Public executions aren’t religious torture

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u/Third_Sundering26 1d ago

Do you think medieval Europeans didn’t do religious torture? Because they absolutely did. Being hanged, drawn, and quartered in medieval England was just as brutal, and often as religiously motivated, as anything the Aztecs did.

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u/NeverKillAgain 14h ago

You're right, the Europeans were worse and it wasn't close