I don't remember being officially taught about the concept of "fatal arrogance," but it seems to pop up more and more as I survey history and think about actions / inactions & their consequences.
tbf, it could very easily be read as a gesture of goodwill from a strong position to someone in an impossibly weak one. "Strange foreigners must be frightened and threatened so far from home, in enemy territory, surrounded by many times their force. Let us show them we mean to negotiate, not butcher them."
The problem is really that the Spaniards were a totally new beast the Inca simply were not prepared for. Steel armor and cavalry are game-changers.
For sure! And over here, I'm postulating that it might have been a combination of long-rooted custom, personal arrogance, political goodwill, and Jenny says quack. (I guess we'll never quite know)
But I was thinking in a grander sense by that idea, really. Like, the Dems and left-wingers failing to hold Nixon & the shitshow of Reagan accountable, arguably because we were just coming off a long period of American 'Greatness,' roughly from the mid-30's to the mid-70's. Hence, a typical breeding ground for arrogance, complacency, willful ignorance et cet, you know?
Another example for me has been reading about how the average idiot-Russian has been totally indoctrinated in the idea that Ukrainians are 'slow & stupid,' leading them to under-react in the current war, totally unprepared for what's currently happening. Not that they had much say in the matter, but still. 1984, and that sort of thing. With Late-Stage Capitalism being right around Exhibit A, so to speak.
Point is, as Atahualpa personally discovered, it can be a rather terminal disease as I see it. And "Fatal Arrogance"'s footprints are all over history, non..?
What a decision not to allow your troops weapons.
"Surely these strange foreigners wouldn't try anything while outnumbered 10-1 with a massive army right outside the negotiation area, right?"
Narrator: "The strange foreigners did, in fact, try something"
I don't remember being officially taught about the concept of "fatal arrogance," but it seems to pop up more and more as I survey history and think about actions / inactions & their consequences.
tbf, it could very easily be read as a gesture of goodwill from a strong position to someone in an impossibly weak one. "Strange foreigners must be frightened and threatened so far from home, in enemy territory, surrounded by many times their force. Let us show them we mean to negotiate, not butcher them."
The problem is really that the Spaniards were a totally new beast the Inca simply were not prepared for. Steel armor and cavalry are game-changers.
For sure! And over here, I'm postulating that it might have been a combination of long-rooted custom, personal arrogance, political goodwill, and Jenny says quack. (I guess we'll never quite know)
But I was thinking in a grander sense by that idea, really. Like, the Dems and left-wingers failing to hold Nixon & the shitshow of Reagan accountable, arguably because we were just coming off a long period of American 'Greatness,' roughly from the mid-30's to the mid-70's. Hence, a typical breeding ground for arrogance, complacency, willful ignorance et cet, you know?
Another example for me has been reading about how the average idiot-Russian has been totally indoctrinated in the idea that Ukrainians are 'slow & stupid,' leading them to under-react in the current war, totally unprepared for what's currently happening. Not that they had much say in the matter, but still. 1984, and that sort of thing. With Late-Stage Capitalism being right around Exhibit A, so to speak.
Point is, as Atahualpa personally discovered, it can be a rather terminal disease as I see it. And "Fatal Arrogance"'s footprints are all over history, non..?
/essay
Hehehe, sorry for that spew, mate.