Yayaver’s Reviews > Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent > Status Update

The book is most vivid and horrifying real-world example of how colonialism was never really about sovereign nations, planting flags, spreading civilization, or preaching religion. Colonialism itself was a ruthless corporate project that simply, seamlessly evolved into modern consumer capitalism.

Spain was a case study of exploition of Latin America where economic surplus went into unproductive channels, non- Spanish businessmen and fighting holy wars against Protestantism.