2aguy
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So my statement remains uncontested...there is no single scientific, sociological fact, report,study or report that sustains the contention that the indigenous people that were subjugated by Europeans were "weak and stupid."OK then start your list of all the weak and stupid nations/countries/races/families/groups who subjugated others smarter and stronger than themselves.
Let me help you with some headlines that might exist in your dream world:
Cherokees conquer France and teach French how to have a classical orchestra of only drums.
Hutus subjugate England and force Englishmen to drive their water buffaloes on the right side of road..
Aztecs and Mayas combine forces to teach Spain a lesson, to be joined by Incas at later date.
First, your premise is stupid and void of any higher level of intellectualism.
You state that groups of people that have been conquered are "weak and stupid" however there is no single article, fact, scientific or sociological field that supports such a statement.
Many native and indigenous populations were conquered by Europeans in large by the disease and pestilence Europeans visited on them by their presence.
This had nothing to do with intelligence or strength as you falsely assert.
Further, many indigenous people had their own systems of language, art, literature and customs, many of which were claimed by Europeans as inventions of Europeans.
You ignorantly imply that the Cherokees only used drums as a musical instrument while comparing it to the orchestras of the English and French, I understand that your limited knowledge of history and a European centered education failed to inform you that the Cherokees had many different types of musical instruments and their music was as intricate as any symphony.
The ability of the Europeans to wage war, reduce people to slaves and steal what belonged to others is quite an accomplishment, however only a fool would use such a yardstick to measure intelligence or strength.
If you care to look up the definition of "subjugate", it will be totally devoid of any mention of intelligence.
And yet when the Europeans came....the indians were technologically inferior...which was the biggest reason they lost the continent to the more technologically advanced
Europeans....
Is this the reason you are attempting to reframe that earlier statement???
I didn't say they were weak....they would have to be tough to survive the winters here in the Midwest....and on the coast....and not stupid.....just technologically backward....I mean...they had been around as long as the people in Europe, and yet did not have wheeled transportation, sailing ships, gun powder, sophisticated metal working, modern (for the time) farming techniques...the knowledge of stone work.....
And that is why they lost the continent.....why they didn't have the same level of technology as Europe....you answer that.......same as the Japanese...they were still in their Feudal era when they were forced, at canon point to open their harbors.......dittos AFrica.....been around as long as the Europeans....technologically backward in comparison....you explain that........
You piggy backed off of the poster that stated every culture subjugated by Europeans were weak and stupid. You changed the gist of the question and I asked you why.
In terms of technology the people of Africa had farming techniques specifically for the soil conditions in Africa, they also practiced metallurgy before the Europeans they also has sailing ships. The one area where Europeans dominated was in the practice of colonizing other continents and enslaving it's people, for that reason alone Europeans dominated other people.
do you realize that the slaves Europeans brought to the New World were captured and enslaved....by Africans.....and sold to Europeans......and no...small boats with one limp,sail are not the same as the ocean going sail craft of Europe.....or the metallurgy that produced swords, cannon and metal plows and any other number of sophisticated metal work....like time pieces.....
The Europeans dominated colonization only because they were technologically superior to the cultures they found.....