Jacob+DeRoo

Greatest Crime of the Milenium?

If it weren't for Columbus, we never would have discovered the Americas. Since the Americas were never discovered, the entire population now rests within Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania regions. With the over crowding population of roughly 100-150 million inthe early 1500's through out Europe, eventually one of two things would have happened; they would have moved to recently uninhabbited land, or the Royalty would have instituted some crazy law or tax rate to try and limit the population. Because Columbus discovered the Americas, they felt they had an unlimited amount of space, resources, and man-power. If Columbus hadn't discovered the Americas, then all of these things would have been limited and controlled. It wouldn't have been immediate, but it would have been arguably been refined and perfected within 500 years. The main point I'm trying to get at here is that what was happening 500 years ago, in the 1490's, is happening now. We've reached seven billion people as a planet. We're running out of supplies, resources, and room, at an alarmingly quickening pace. Except now we don't have anywhere to go. We have nothing to do, nothing we really can do. And now, it's inhumane to tax someone because they exist, and it's wrong to run around killing people because they're different or not following the rules. I will admit both these things are wrong, but back then they were more socially acceptable. We had the ability to cap the population and regrow everything we need. Now we don't. So yes. Columbus: a villian.