ITT: essential literature

ISHYGDDT

1491 is much better on the "how the Americas fell to Europe" front. And it also has a ton about precolombian civilization.

>we shouldn't use the term civilization because it implies Sub Saharan Africans living in mudhuts and carrying out a primitive lifestyle are lesser people than Westerners and that's offensive

itt: faggots who have never read the book and are just regurgitating opinions in order to fit in

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Ok, lets avoid GG$S for now.
What else could you reccomend as essential?

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1 and 6 are wrong, over 1000s of years obstacles like the himalayas aren't a big deal and disease did play an overwhelming role.

8 is partly wrong, evolution isn't that simple so both sides of the argument are wrong.

The rest is true though, Guns, Germs and Steel is riddled with speculation, as far as proving evil white supremacists goes, it is an embarrassment and the liberals in this thread bending over backwards to defend this novella are incredibly spooked.

Fuck off jared

Thanks m8

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god tier

"liberals" hate GGS because it actually compares civilizations and tries to answer why some ended up better than others based on neutral scientific universals. The "better" and rejection of the post-modernist anti-enlightenment social narratives over materialist science are particularly triggering to modern hardcore liberals.

Top kek. I woulnd't even consider GG&S babi-tier.