> history is full of sad stories <
White settlers killed Indians. And Indians killed white settlers. And yes, Indians killed other Indians, in great numbers. So it’s an error to just say “The white man was bad.” The correct statement is “Everyone was bad.”
But of course that last statement is not politically correct. So better not mention it.
Having the second best military technology, in any fight, usually sucks.
There has not, to my knowledge, been a single instance where the more advanced civilization didn’t utterly depredate and essentially annihilate a more primitive one when the two have come in contact.