Artanthos t1_iuig0sq wrote
Reply to comment by Riimpak in Human burial grounds and bullets from Spanish guns uncovered at site of last Mayan stronghold in Guatemala by GullyShotta
The Aztec had better sanitation than the Europeans.
In fact, they had better access to potable water than London had until mid-19th century.
NecroticPustule t1_iuirzpe wrote
Access to potable water < has guns and the ability to cross oceans
Artanthos t1_iuj1uqs wrote
Ability to kill =/= civilized.
NecroticPustule t1_iujc79n wrote
Yeah but that doesn't mean anything if your civilisation is gone
Artanthos t1_iujdrot wrote
The ability to kill does not make a society advanced.
The Aztecs where an an advanced society, but their areas of advancement were not all military.
But apparently the people on Reddit feel that that only thing that defines civilization is the ability to kill.
By that definition, Rome was less civilized than the Germanic tribes that overthrew them.
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