• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    Preempting all the “he was a man of his time” apologists:

    Columbus was arrested during his lifetime because his actions were considered awful by his contemporaries.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Specifically, Columbus was the first transatlantic slaver - although he went in the nontraditional West-to-East direction. And was imprisoned by Queen Isabel for that shit.

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      7 months ago

      Worst part is, he wouldn’t be arrested for genocide in 2024. He would probably be seen as lesser of two evils or something stupid like that.