Groups committing genocide often behave in similar ways.
Goals:
(1) to reduce the ability of the target group to resist
(2) to minimize the risk to the perpetuators
(3) to minimize the cost to the perpetuators
Action |
Rationale |
initially target educated people (teachers, healthcare workers, politicians, lawyers, religious leaders, etc) |
to remove anyone who might organize and lead the target population |
separate adolescent and adult males from their families |
to prevent revolts by men seeing attacks on their family members |
isolate the target group into segregated areas |
to palce the target population in isolated, high density groups makes it easier |
dehumanize and starve the target group |
to weaken the ability to resist |
terrorize the target group or anyone who objects |
to use arson, rape, harassments, torture and murder to remove opposition |
find willing executioners and bureaucrats |
may enlist a group opposed to the target population to collaborate |
control the media and spread disinformation |
to make sure that no one knows what is going on |
remove any trace of culture, identity or past of the target population |
to destroy the history as well as the people |
eliminate perpetrators who know too much and who may be unreliable |
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Specialty: Clinical Laboratory