Business, Economics, Education, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society It’s The Space Settlement, Stupid October 12, 2011 Rand Simberg 1 Comment I have some Columbus Day thoughts this morning over at Pajamas Media.
Columbus’ voyage brought Western Europe’s most liberty-friendly to North America, and its most authoritarian to Central and South America. To be fair, Reconquista was not the sort of environment where Iberia could experience anything resembling the Magna Carta, parliaments and common law.
Columbus’ voyage brought Western Europe’s most liberty-friendly to North America, and its most authoritarian to Central and South America.
To be fair, Reconquista was not the sort of environment where Iberia could experience anything resembling the Magna Carta, parliaments and common law.