[Avid Coug]

“Sometimes the obsession for control of the climate got a bit out of hand, as in the Aztec state, where the local scientific/religious establishment of the year 1500 had long since announced that the debate was over and that at least 20,000 human sacrifices a year were needed to keep the sun moving, the rain falling, and to stop climate change.”

Al Gore’s ancestor was probably at the top of the pyramid killing sacrifices, screaming “The debate is over!”

[Delacon]

Peasant: But High Priest Algormehetmatan! What if human sacrifices don’t help anything?

High Priest Algormehetmatan: Come up here peasant and lie down on this slab while I explain it to you.

[neverdem]

Sometimes the obsession for control of the climate got a bit out of hand, as in the Aztec state, where the local scientific/religious establishment of the year 1500 had long since announced that the debate was over and that at least 20,000 human sacrifices a year were needed to keep the sun moving, the rain falling, and to stop climate change.

Avid Coug you stopped your excerpt one sentence short.

The widespread dissatisfaction of the people who were unfortunate enough to be the source of these sacrifices played an important part in the success of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

Policies have consequences.