Genocide in US could look more like Rwandas Hutu/Tutsi conflict or current Philippine drug war than Nazi camps. Citizens killing each other.
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Replying to @chenoehart
have you read the amy chua book world on fire? I think of her synthesis of the hutu/tutsi and nazi models of genocide a lot
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Replying to @literalbanana
haven't before but should look into it. Wonder how approach relates to US's longstanding racial tension.
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Replying to @chenoehart
chua's family went through the indonesian chinese repressions where the killings looked more like hutu/tutsi
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Replying to @literalbanana
initially seems like imperfect relation to US circumstances- trying to imagine how it could fit (or not) from dif angles.
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Replying to @chenoehart @literalbanana
this is inconsistent w/ the gravity of this discussion ...
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Replying to @chenoehart @literalbanana
... but I'm trying to wrap my head around how she's also the author of the Tiger Mother book.
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Replying to @chenoehart
I know, I remember when it came out and I'd just read world on fire!
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Replying to @literalbanana
also wonder about difs between genocides done for racial/ethnic reasons & external excuses, which in US could be "terrorism."
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seems like there's usually a variety of external excuses
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