PugJesus3d ago

"Ah, new lands!" You mean... new slaves?

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1913335/ah-new-lands-you-mean-new-slaves

PugJesusMar 2
Gold coins gifted in hopes of a successful marriage, Spain, 17th century AD
PugJesusFeb 28
Cross pendant, gold and enamel, Spain, 17th century AD
PugJesusFeb 22
Conquistadors storming a temple in Tenochtitlan, 1520 AD
PugJesusFeb 22

Gettin' real tired of this shit

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1805471/gettin-real-tired-of-this-shit

JavierFeb 21
'Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial'


#comunidaddemadrid #spain #espana #españa #CommunityOfMadrid #spanishempire #ImperioEspañol #monastery #monasterio #palace #palacio #architecture #arquitectura #history #historia
BrewminateFeb 18

The encomienda system embedded forced Indigenous labor into the Spanish imperial framework. ⚔️

Legal and religious language framed it as protection. In practice, it organized extraction and coercion at scale.

Institutions can normalize inequality when designed to do so.

#Brewminate #History #Colonialism #SpanishEmpire

https://brewminate.com/engineered-extraction-the-encomienda-system-and-institutional-exploitation-in-the-spanish-empire/

The Encomienda System and Colonial Exploitation

How the encomienda system embedded labor extraction, hierarchy, and dependency in colonial Latin America and shaped lasting inequalities.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas
PugJesusFeb 18
Cuban Liberation Army cavalry charging into Spanish Infantry (Angel Velazco)
PugJesusFeb 17

His hardest fap in the New World...

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1789332/his-hardest-fap-in-the-new-world

PugJesusFeb 16
Ruins of the Spanish colony of León Viejo, Nicaragua