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by petesergeant 897 days ago
> where they were the conquerors of other groups and did a variety of amazing and terrible things

The level of ritualized cruelty that pre-Columbian Mexicans were inflicting on each other is really something. Political narratives in both directions clouds the issue, but I challenge anyone leaving a Mexican museum to not feel a bit squeamish.