Remember that the Aztecs killed so many of their neighbors that those tribes allied with Cortes to topple Tenochtitlan. https://twitter.com/lizzie_wade/status/1010178681334050822 …
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The Aztec practice of flaying humans alive and dancing in their skin was horrific even to their contemporaries.
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To the mexica, death was beautiful, sawing off the heads of children was considered a fun pastime and burning women alive was a way to stay warm during cold winter nights. Each death had its purpose.
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Replying to @helioshellfire @AscendedBastard
If you can’t see this, it’s because your lens has been poisoned by colonialism
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