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I just wonder, who made/makes more human sacrifices: the Aztecs of the 1400s to their gods or we today to the gods of cars and technical progress?
Edit: Acording to the internet, ~16 700 people are killed by cars per year in modern Mexico (which puts it among the safer countries carwise). That amounts to ~0.036/100 000 people/day. If the Azteks did do daily human sacrifices to ensure the sunrise, they were likely a bit more faithful than us.