Arkslippy

Arkslippy t1_j7mx7j2 wrote

Reply to comment by SigerMakkerMeget in Would the Allies have kept fighting if the axis powers stopped? by Techno-87

That's what they teach kids in school history in Britain, but the actual fact is that Germany had no way of crossing the channel, especially with the Royal navy fully in the game, the luftwaffe was worn from the campaign in France and Poland as well as mechanically stretched after the first few weeks of the Battle of Britain, tye narrative has been, the raf were struggling and were saved by the change to bombing cities, but they actually had more aircraft available then than they did at the start, no hitlers error was attacking them at all, instead of pausing for a while and trying to negotiate, but Britain had Germany blockaded too.

Lots of ifs and buts

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Arkslippy t1_izf19bo wrote

Reply to comment by elmonoenano in Why is the Spanish colonial empire often said/implied to be "less focused on trade" or "not prioritising trade" compared to other empires like the Dutch, British, Portuguese etc.? by raori921

I kind of agree with you, but the north American natives were largely effected by european borne diseases rather than actual violence at the start. Spain and Portugal arrived and slaughtered anyone who wasn't useful, and filled the area with their own migrants and turned it into a slave state. They did a lot more in half the time.

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Arkslippy t1_izegfqx wrote

Reply to Why is the Spanish colonial empire often said/implied to be "less focused on trade" or "not prioritising trade" compared to other empires like the Dutch, British, Portuguese etc.? by raori921

They were interested in stealing what they could get their hands on, including people.

They had a different idea of what constituted colonisation than others, you should google colonisation in Goa, they had a go of nearly all the colonial powers and the worst behaved by far were the Spaniards. And when you consider that the british turned up, that's saying something.

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