Great question. As time passes historical figures that used
to be revered slowly become villains depending on the changing circumstances.
We see that today in the western world with old heroes slowly but surely
getting an aura of malevolence around them. One of those people is Christoper
Columbus.
We all know the story, Christopher
Columbus’ legendary voyage to India was a total failure but instead he found
something even better, the Americas. This proved to be one of the most pivotal
moments of Europes dominance in the world stage as it supplied several European
nations with a lot of resources. The western world used to admire Christopher
Columbus as the man who with one voyage changed European history. This sole
discovery transformed several countries from medieval and rotten relics of a
once great Roman civilization to prosperous foundations of modern day Europe.
Obviously, with the rise of woke
politics this man has been vilified as a genocidal maniac who paved the road
for European ruthlessness in the Americas. I understand where these thoughts
come from but I feel these opinions fail to consider a lot of perspectives. For
one, this was the 1400s where the rule “the strongest survive and the weak
perish” was dominant. Each state had one purpose, defend your country. In order to do that effectively you have
a lot of options with one being empire building. Considering we are talking
about Columbus let’s think about Spains situation in the years of the
discovery.
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