The bad, bad, white men from Spain put a stop to that “culture”.
I am a big fan of Cortez. In junior high my daughter was given an assignment to write about their favorite Mexican in historu. I convinced her to write about Cortez. She asked me why and I convinced her that conquering the Aztec empire with a few hundred Spaniards was an incredible achievement. My daughter was feeling bad about what happened to the Aztecs until I explained the ritual sacrifices and their brutal rule.