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The biggest horrors of mankind coincide with strong power monopolies, most obvious in dictatorships in big nation states. In other words: - There was rarely a
by dmichulke 9y ago
The biggest horrors of mankind coincide with strong power monopolies, most obvious in dictatorships in big nation states.
In other words:
- There was rarely a democratic vote on "let's just kill X" with X being a religious, ethnic or whatever group.
- There was rarely a small state committing horrible crimes of epic proportions. Partly because they don't have the means, partly because it's easier to flee small states, partly due to other reasons.
- khuey 9y agoPol Pot may not have matched Mao/Stalin/Hitler/etc's death toll but he did kill 25% of Cambodia. The Rwandan genocide wiped out more than half of the Tutsis in the country. Small states are perfectly capable of genocide.
- achamayou 9y agoSmall states obviously lack the resources but it doesn’t stop them from trying. See North Korea, Cambodia... And if you think democratic small states won’t try to eliminate socially undesirable citizens, look at the history of eugenics in Switzerland. I don’t think you are necessarily wrong, but there are definitely counter examples.