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The speaker speculates that after Cortés captured Moctezuma II, being told what to do—perhaps for the first time in his life—may have caused him a complete psychological break.
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“Perhaps it's for the first time in his life being told what to do just led to a complete psychological break because once Cortes had hold of him,”54:22Report a misattribution
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