TFSmith121
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Sure - Peru and Bolivia are possibilities, along those lines,
Sure - Peru and Bolivia are possibilities, along those lines, but yeah, takes a really big point of departure...
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It also occurs to me that Mexico is an excellent example of what could, but also could not, have been. Central Mexico had a long history of native civilizations with a semi-feudal system of land tenure not dissimilar from Spain, a very large Indian population, and was subdued by Spain in part by coopting and incorporating native nobilities into the power structure. While it would take a lot of butterflies stretching back at least to 1519, one could conceivably imagine an alternate Mexico achieving independence from Spain that took on a more "Indian" cast, that saw itself as much heir to the Mexica/Aztec empire as it did European conquistadors, and that incorporated its large Indian population more fully into the power structure. This Mexico would still probably speak Spanish as its principle language and be Roman Catholic, but it could at least see itself as a Native American nation, not an extension of Europe in the new world.
Sure - Peru and Bolivia are possibilities, along those lines, but yeah, takes a really big point of departure...
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