Nietzsche said; “ Man is the cruelest animal.” When I read “The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account” , Nietzsche ‘s expression became more meaningful and than I realized that since the first day of the world; the most powerful one dominates the weakest one; It is the main and bitter rule of the world.
As we see in the text Indies were pure and optimist. After they were invaded by Christians ; They accepted them as their friend and their teacher.They had no desires to worldly things.However Christians were hypocrite,greedy.The way They treat was so cruel.They raped women,they took infants from their mother and snatching people by legs and arms.. On page six we see how their cruelty was unlimited After threwing babies heads to river, they say: “ Boil there, you offspring of the devil”. They lighted innocent people while they were still alive. They deceived them and exploited them. This was genocide. Almost two millions indies were killed monstrously.
Also under the name of “ Christianity” they also benefited from indies’ pure emotions. Indiens were open to doctrine and very apt to receive holy world of Christianity. Ofcourse it was trick.
Both their islands and their individualities were exploited. They never wanted them.They were happy before they came their lands. And they never forgot their humanity unlike spanish christians.