One day people will understand that the Europeans did not conquer the world using solely European soldiers and their superior European genes. Until then we will have to contend with such dehumanizing, Eurocentric rhetoric, peddled in the name of "historical accuracy." Perhaps I'm just slow, but I fail to grasp why there is this undercurrent narrative throughout this forum which pushes hard this idea that all natives were irrelevant losers who all magically died one day and lost to the invading colonial empires because they were "less advanced" or something. Inevitably they will go on to use this kind of inane logic to justify the removal of these tags entirely. I can accept that the native tags are portrayed poorly in EUIV, but that is no reason for them to be removed, both for gameplay reasons (why reduce player agency?) and historical ones (why effectively negate the lived experiences of these peoples?).The majority of the armies of the conquistadors were comprised of indigenous ppl. The point I'm making is that most colonists were poorly equipped and would have to rely on the assistance of people who lived in these regions to get themselves started
On some level I have a feeling that this is almost entirely due to the dearth of native nationalists. If I suggested that the Ottomans be removed, certain individuals would (justifiably) come down upon me like the Hammer of Thor. The thunder of their vengeance would echo through these forums like the gust of a thousand winds. Not so for the natives, though gladly there are people like OP and you who would defend their inclusion regardless.
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