It really is fundamental to understanding why people like Columbus and de Gama were the way they were from knowing the state of Europe at the time. They were violent and desparate mercenaries from a violent and desparate place, when they arrived anywhere their first thoughts were "ok, what can I immediately loot and sell here, if I don't come back with something good my debtors are gonna cut my balls off"
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackWolfFeed/comments/oj7mzt/540_its_coming_rome_feat_patrick_wyman_71221/
Haven't listened to this but Graeber also covers this well in Debt
listened last night and Matt actually mentions Debt in the episode. A rare current good Chapo ep.
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His upcoming postuhumous book is shaping up to be very, very good so at least we'll have that