Aztec "empire" = Mexico???
Well, you almost have now the same amount of violence and bestiality than back then,
It is like saying that we have the "aztec violence genes", ain't it?
Like some indians here are "on the loose", away from the "civilized tradition" that some Spaniards could have left...
However, inside here it looks to me the other way around: Are the Northern States, the more apart from the ancient indian traditions the ones that are more violent... precisely, because they lack some profound philosophical, social and cultural structure.
Likewise: Have you seen the video of Mexico City (= Tenochtitlan?). This is the "violent, leftist-controlled, anti-american hellhole" of Mexico, in USA media in the last decade.
Were not for the violence in the north have been lately too undeniable, Northern Mexico and specially the border, would be still presented in US/Europe Media as the "prosperous NAFTA-oriented self-reliant westernized part of Mexico".
At the end of the day, everyone will see what they want to see.
You too. Me too.
but the Aztec empire was founded by the aztecs, Mexico (and New Spain) were founded by spaniards and descendents of spaniards. They are different things.
In fact, the current leadership class of Mexico is basically composed by mexicans of spanish descendence, while the poor and the middle-class are predominantly amerindian in different degrees of mixing.
There is a trend of that, I admit it.
But that doesn't mean that we had not Indian presidents (e.g. Juarez, Lazaro Cardenas). And most importantly, that the best presidents have been those more Indian... while the worst have been those more proud of their pure Spanish blood.
And, in the context of this forum.. Are not you contradicting yourself?
How many times you have said that you don't want to be related with us in any manner, and resent any association between the concepts Spain and Latin America?
(What's more, you resent to be "lumped with Italians" as "Southern Europeans" :useless: ).
I think that - besides your genetical studies of haplogroups and the like - there are some concepts that you should study with more profoundness.
Regards.