Thursday, February 7, 2019

Fair trade?


Europeans to Native Americans: Smallpox, measles, mumps and other diseases to which the providers were immune. Killed a bunch of people in a short period of time.

Native Americans to Europeans: Syphilis, rheumatoid arthritis and tobacco. Killed a whole bunch of people over longer period of time, still kills today.


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