Civilisations rise and fall. Some are vanquished militarily, subjugated, annihilated: Carthago delenda est (Cato, 146 BC). Many indigenous cultures of North and South America succumbed under the onslaught of Europeans conquistadores, who occupied their lands, spoliated their resources, enslaved them, starved them to death. The First Nations of America were victims of genocide, including the Arawaks, Siboneyes und Tainos of Cuba (Bartolomé de las Casas, “The Destruction of the Indies”).
Resolution 2026
Redescovering the moral compass
by Alfred de Zayas