" From that imbalance rose the tragic results of the coming together of two worlds. It was the extermination of an ancient dream by the frenzy of a modern one, the destruction of myths by a desire for power. It was gold, modern weapons, and rational thought pitted against magic and gods: the outcome could not have been otherwise. "

― J.M.G. Le Clézio , The Mexican Dream, or The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations