Maya civilization collapsed upon learning kings weren't gods

Agencia EFE ^ | 26 August 2006 | Staff

[Bangupjob]

Madrid, Aug 26 (EFE).- The decline of the Maya civilization began some 1,100 year ago when millions of Indians working on the contruction of tall pyramidal temples and palaces learned that their kings weren't gods, Spanish anthropologist Andres Ciudad told EFE.

The collapse of this culture with its brilliant mathematicians, astronomers and engineers, came when monarchs stopped being immortal in the eyes of their subjects, said Ciudad, who is deputy dean of the Faculty of Geography and History at Madrid's Universidad Complutense.

The inhabitants of Mayan lands, which extended through much of what is now Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras and Mexico, at some point understood there was no sense in working themselves to death building pharaonic edifices and temples destined for the burial of kings who had no "heavenly privileges."

[Bangupjob]

I guess it'd make anyone collapse, though the Japanese seemed to take it pretty well when it happened to them.

Now, if we can just persuade the Democrats that their leaders aren't gods...

[BenLurkin]

[gaijin]

When they saw their leaders permitted the entry of legions of unwelcome, disease-bearing FOREIGNERS, I'm sure that didn't tickle them, either...

[tessalu]

What will the Muslims do when they learn that there is no sex in heaven? This will ruin all of their plans.

[FreedomPoster]

Want to make a Leftist's brain explode?

"Hey, regarding JFK, the real one - other than really kick-starting NASA and the space program - Can you tell me three big things he accomplished?"

[alice_in_bubbaland]

LOL! We can only hope!

[toddlintown]

They were G'aould.

[KarlInOhio]

[shankbear]

goo goo ga joob

[JSteff]

"at some point understood there was no sense in working themselves to death building pharaonic edifices and temples destined for the burial of kings who had no "heavenly privileges"

Which shows that as long as one can keep the unknowing masses thinking you have ab "edge" and/or can promise them something they don't think they can get on their own... you can keep the masses under your sway.

Obviously it is all marketing. Look at Hitler, look at Bin Laden, look at the Egyptian Pharaohs.

[no-to-illegals]

and all this time I thought they were Romulans or Cardasians.

[Bangupjob]

Tax cuts. And an honorable mention for all his efforts at Castro-killing.

[eeevil conservative]

1) The Bay of Pigs

2) Bumping Marilyn Monroe

3) Bumping OFF Marilyn Monroe

[shalom aleichem]

I think this is proof that there were definitely media in old Maya land. Otherwise there would be no entity strong enough to rip and shred the leaders (mores, standards, ethics, etc.) which the MSM/DBM is so good at.

[winston2]

So -

it's not so strange that some of us are irreverent about our leaders apparent lack of the leadership gene?

[driftdiver]

"What will the Muslims do when they learn that there is no sex in heaven? This will ruin all of their plans."

They'd have to make it there first. So far their plans seem to be lacking a crucial step.

[gcruse]

"...understand the need to protect the identities of the groups that now maintain that diversity.
In his opinion, not only the culture of the Mayan communities is threatened by the "new globalized world," but also their heritage and environment"

Keep 'em illiterate, impoverished, and under Hispanic rule. Yes, indeedy.

[churchillbuff]

When Bushbots finally acknowledge that Bush isn't a god -- but rather the biggest spender since LBJ (probably bigger in inflation-adjusted terms) -- would "big government conservatism" collapse?

[no-to-illegals]

nay their demon allah will provide porcupines for their loving pleasure for both sexes.

[LiteKeeper]

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