>war with a successfully dehumanized enemy dehumanization isn't necessary as evidenced by various ancient cultures, though I wonder why it's widespread now
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deadliest post-WWII was the second congo war I think. quick googling they probably lost 10% of their pop, mostly starvation and disease
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but this really isn't all that much compared to like, the thirty years war, which wiped out 20%+ of the holy roman empire
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an lushan rebellion is reputed to have been the worst by percentage but there's controversy over whether it was more that the census machinery broke down, but easily many millions
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more campaigns than mere wars but it's hard to think of anything rivaling the brutality of the mongol conquests or the muslim invasion of india
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Maybe an important point that artillery was most lethal of all combat arms in all theater on all sides. So maybe dehumanizing is effect, not cause
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