Originally posted by Cow Poke
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- Many (most?) crimes are committed against people we know - for all three classes.
- There could very well be other people of all three classes that do not report such crimes.
- People in all three classes don't post their crimes on Facebook.
As Jim pointed out, demonizing/dehumanizing a group is a step towards atrocity. Genocide watch identifies the eight stages of genocide. Some of them are innocuous and happen in pretty much any society. Then the line gets crossed and people have already come to accept the stages that have slipped past them unnoticed. The stages are:
- Classification
- Symbolization
- Dehumaniization
- Organization
- Polarization
- Preparation
- Extermination
- Denial
It is frightening that we are now into Stage 6 in the U.S. Of course, the response will be "never here." I'm sure societies around the world have said "never here" just before the reality struck. We are already defending and supporting Stages 1-5 as "acceptable" and "justified."
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