Causes for Genocide
The causes of genocides
There have been many genocides throughout history, and most of them have been mass killing fields such as Rwanda, Cambodia, the Nazi holocaust, the Belgians against the Congolese, and the African slave trade. “No problem is as profound and no evil as prevalent as state power”(Sartwell 232). In this quote Sartwell infers that the cause of all genocides or at least the ones described on top are derived from one and only cause; and that is the state itself (government). Genocide is inevitable and coincides with the rise of the political state and the bureaucracy of death. Human race has had a violent history since it’s beginning, but where does it come from? How did we get to do all this evil things? Why did we not act before? We should all ask ourselves this questions. Genocides can originate in many different ways. It could be the outcome of a civil war, or a world war; but what is important to know is where the motives to allow such a thing to happen originate? To know this, we need to understand the causes and consequences of where they come from. There are three main areas where people believe genocides start from; the governments, our desire for security, and the media. Each of them has main motives to cause harm to another group of people.
Some of the social conditions that can turn good people into bad people are the government and politicians. The government and their leaders make people believe that whatever they say is the right thing and there is nothing people can do about it. An example of this is what happened in 1939 when the rise of the Nazi party was taking over the Reich. The people only obeyed the rules that they were told and they did not see anything wrong with the ideas of Adolf Hitler, even if those meant to kill 6 million innocent people. "Thus for the time being I have sent to the East only my 'Death 's Head Units ' with the orders to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or
There have been many genocides throughout history, and most of them have been mass killing fields such as Rwanda, Cambodia, the Nazi holocaust, the Belgians against the Congolese, and the African slave trade. “No problem is as profound and no evil as prevalent as state power”(Sartwell 232). In this quote Sartwell infers that the cause of all genocides or at least the ones described on top are derived from one and only cause; and that is the state itself (government). Genocide is inevitable and coincides with the rise of the political state and the bureaucracy of death. Human race has had a violent history since it’s beginning, but where does it come from? How did we get to do all this evil things? Why did we not act before? We should all ask ourselves this questions. Genocides can originate in many different ways. It could be the outcome of a civil war, or a world war; but what is important to know is where the motives to allow such a thing to happen originate? To know this, we need to understand the causes and consequences of where they come from. There are three main areas where people believe genocides start from; the governments, our desire for security, and the media. Each of them has main motives to cause harm to another group of people.
Some of the social conditions that can turn good people into bad people are the government and politicians. The government and their leaders make people believe that whatever they say is the right thing and there is nothing people can do about it. An example of this is what happened in 1939 when the rise of the Nazi party was taking over the Reich. The people only obeyed the rules that they were told and they did not see anything wrong with the ideas of Adolf Hitler, even if those meant to kill 6 million innocent people. "Thus for the time being I have sent to the East only my 'Death 's Head Units ' with the orders to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or
Cited: • Sartwell, Crispin. The genocidal killer in the mirror.” Writing and reading across the curriculum. April 2004. pp. 233 op ed. • http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/genocide-convention.htm