Low effort post but I found it interesting. We treat human life as irreverrantly as the aztec empire did.
And yes I know we’re supposed to hate reddit, I just end up there sometimes nonetheless.
Low effort post but I found it interesting. We treat human life as irreverrantly as the aztec empire did.
And yes I know we’re supposed to hate reddit, I just end up there sometimes nonetheless.
Nonsense. The Aztecs thought human life was so important they offered it to the gods in exchange for bountiful harvests. We offer it up in exchange for checks notes being able to work farther away from home.
Yea, the Aztecs were so horrified at the Spanish massacre of Toxcatl that they massively revolted (commoners included), leading to the “Noche Triste” for the Spanish.
They were, by most accounts, more akin to martyrdom. The participants in the ritual warfare all signed up, essentially, to die. The idea was not to kill your enemy, but take them prisoner for the sacrifice. It was sort of an honor, in a way.
Before the Aztecs it was mostly high ranking prisoners of war that were sacrificed in mesoamerica. (Think how warlords and rebelling generals are often executed when they lose.)
I wish we didn’t have to work so far from home.
We have to work far from home, though, in order to make space for all that infrastructure that lets us work far from home.
For money. I’d rather work at the bakery down the street but i don’t feel like living on $8.
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