Dr. James Fitzsimmons
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Not on the level that the Aztecs did.
Not even close, right?
You do have, the people that get killed human sacrifice-wise are usually gonna be, for the Maya at least, they're gonna be elites,
they'll be petty elites, generally.
Unless it's a king, and if it's a king, you might get ransomed, you might not get ransomed.
But usually it's gonna be petty elites.
the people that don't get killed generally are going to be like farmer Ted.
Why there's no glory in killing farmer Ted in front of a crowd.
It's like, what do you got?
I got this farmer.
What doesn't make any sense.
I'm not saying there aren't people that are everyday people that are dying.
They certainly, they certainly are.
They're probably sadly considered collateral damage.
So your everyday, you know, your person's going to die that way for child sacrifice.