Taylor Hurley’s Reviews > The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin > Status Update

I know I’ve heard this statistic many a time; but it is just so shocking still..
“The population of the entire Americas was estimated at roughly 50 million in 1500. A century later, it was only about 8 million.”
Mind you that’s more than canadas ( in 2025) entire population that passed during this century…

Trying to be well-read and damn this book is dense, taking my time with this on because I have to keep re reading parts for it to at least somewhat sink into my noggin!

“The strong preyed upon the weak, capitalized off their labor, and then left them bereft and broken at the end of their productive lives”