How Profit was a movitating factor in Historical Change

The Indigenous communities were well organized and established in their allyus.  They were led by their Kurukas who represented the best in a recipricol relationship in which the commoners labored while the Kurakas took care of the spiritual needs (Stern,16-17) Profit was the motivating factor which allowed for the Conquistadors to corrupt the nature of Andean society.

Indian kurakas were showered with gifts by Conquistadors to recieve land and encomiendas (Stern, 31) In return, the Kurakas thought they would benefit by an alliance with the Conquistadors to advance their own interests.

The Spanish capitalist system in the Andes was new and, "Unleashed the key drive- profit, in "money" or easily exchangeable commodities... An insatiable third for the money commodities (precious metals) and the hope to make money "work" or grow." (Stern 37)

The indians became apart of European economics and they Indians too joined in the creation of a colonial society "impelled by the hunt for money and commercial profit." (Stern, 39)

As more opportunities for profit were discovered, labor problems arrose.   There were labor shortages because "there was an expansion for agricultural, ranching, manufacturing, artisanal, mining, and commercial interprises."  (Stern, 140)  All these enterprises were motivated by fortune-seekers looking to profit, causing labor shortages.

The result of the shortages of labor.  As a result forced/roational labor was unsustainable.  Fortune-seekers  implemented a new way for people to profit through wage labor. (Stern, 141)  Some indians began to abandon their allyus  for profit in wage labor, further affecting the indigenous communities ability to sustain themselves, which created a condition of dependency.

The idea of profit is responsible for the rise of the Conquistadors.  Profit is responsible for rivalries amongst the conquistadors and Andeans. Profit is responsible for the corruption of the Andean chiefs.  Profit is responsible for the break down the reciprocal relationship of the Andean Communties.  Profit created the system of dependency which is still evident today.