• Jaytreeman@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m going to assume that you mean well, but aren’t well informed on this subject.

    Genocide isn’t just about killing people. It’s about destroying a people. The best example I know is how Canada treated/treats indigenous peoples.

    Forced sterilization and children removed from their culture are two ways that these peoples have been decimated.

    The Canadian genocide against the indigenous peoples has been recognized by multiple governments and falls within the common definition.

    The genocide during the Holocaust was immediate and violent like a bomb. The Canadian genocide is a slow burn like a forest fire.

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      1 year ago

      That’s fair as a definition of genocide, though it isn’t the way I’m used to understanding the word.

      Precisely because of the differences though, I’d also find it in poor taste to make comparisons been the Canadian genocide against indigenous peoples and the Holocaust.

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        1 year ago

        It’s a weird thing to compare. What’s worse for a people: an incredibly traumatic experience that shapes a culture for generations to come or an incredibly traumatic experience that shapes a culture for generations to come?