These "benevolent" explorers didn't just bring flags & Bibles. They brought Syphilis (depending on who you ask), smallpox, measles, influenza, chickenpox, whooping cough, mumps, diphtheria, typhus—and later, for good measure, malaria, among other diseases.
The epidemics that followed are estimated to have wiped out up to 90% of Indigenous populations in some parts of the Americas.
And even the STIs that accompanied European conquest were often not the product of consensual relationships. They came through rape, sexual violence & coercion—the so-called "spoils of war."
I always roll my eyes when these accounts push the "white saviour meets exotic native woman" fantasy. There was very little saving. What European expansion brought first, & on an unimaginable scale, was death.
🚨💥 Yan Diomande to Real Madrid - DONE DEAL ✔️
There has only ever been one agreement: the one between YD and Real. Full agreement has now been reached with RB Leipzig including green light for his medical.
Transfer fee: €125m guaranteed.
Including realistic add-ons: €135m.
Total package, including difficult-to-achieve bonuses: €140m, as revealed.
The 19 y/o promising winger will sign a contract until 2031. Deal was always on and never in doubt, as reported. It simply took time for the clubs to reach an agreement. Saga is over.
@philipphinze24@SkySportDE 🇨🇮