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Harold Kildow's avatar

Contrast this history with the artistic bilge emanating from Neil Young, fantastically covered by Grace Potter and Joe Satriani. So much artistic beauty, so little historical truth

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q&list=RDpaeNnR33i5Q&start_radio=1&pp=ygUrY29ydGV6IHRoZSBraWxsZXIgZ3JhY2UgcG90dGVyIGpvZSBzYXRyaWFuaaAHAdIHCQkDCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

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Evan Amato's avatar

The line "Hate was just a legend / And war was never known" definitely couldn't be further from the truth 😂

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Havblue's avatar

Enjoying Neil Young makes me feel like one of the Shakespeare-quoting Klingons in Star Trek 6.

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Harold Kildow's avatar

lol!

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Mike D's avatar

Thanks for the link. That was an amazing performance.

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The Light, Camera & Glory's avatar

This is incredible. Just found this. thanks for sharing. I'm from El Salvador, so all the stuff about my ancestors hits heavy. I am so, so thankful the Lord sent the Europeans to rescue us.

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Aivlys's avatar

I read Cervantes’ Conquistadors early this year and enjoyed it. Would like for him to have expanded a bit in his final chapter why it is 19th century ideologies are to blame for Latin American troubles,rather than Spanish conquest.

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Evan Amato's avatar

It's a fascinating topic — we touched on this a bit both in the interview, and behind the scenes at lunch once the cameras stopped rolling. Dr. Cervantes provides some excellent rebuttals to the commonly held "knowledge"

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Aivlys's avatar

Thank you for your reply. Do you know whether he intends to write about this is the future? He and Felipe Fernandez Armesto would make a great duo for a lecture series on these topics.

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Grand Mal Twerkin's avatar

And I can’t even learn Spanish

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Jay's avatar

You should read the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz!

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Evan Amato's avatar

Dr. Cervantes cites Diaz quite often in his work, he provides an excellent eyewitness account

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Jessica Morton's avatar

Great story, I will be sure to watch the interview!

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Barbara Miller's avatar

Great article. I do not know much about the Conquistadors and found this fascinating. Thanks

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Denise's avatar

🧐

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Elizabeth Hamilton's avatar

I am watching the interview, the video, and wondering why it is not posted on YouTube. There I can I can get CC subtitles that are very useful.

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Evan Amato's avatar

Hey Elizabeth, CC is available here on Substack as well — are you watching on desktop?

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Elizabeth Hamilton's avatar

No, my desktop is broken. I’ve only got my phone. Thanks for your reply.

By the way, excellent interview. I haven't felt as excited and intrigued since I read the beginning of Les mots et Les choses 50 years ago.

Obedezco pero no cumplo, fascinating.

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Evan Amato's avatar

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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LV's avatar

Wow

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James Zahler's avatar

Keep the faith in captivity through fidelity to the "wife". Duly Noted!

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