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Totalitarian Power: The Source of Democide
Totalitarian regimes are thebiggest killers in the history of the world. Nothing compares to the killing machines of governments like that of Hitler's Nazi regime, or some 20th century regimes. Tens of millions of people were murdered in those lands by their governments. This is "democide" and it's vital that we understand it. Fortunately, there is a tremendous online resource at the University of Hawaii: Dr. R.J. Rummel's site on Democide. Dr. Rummel shows that power kills, and that democracies help prevent war and mass murder. It is a powerful thesis with abundant documentation. His site even includes an online book about government and murder and what is needed to save lives. Brilliant and gripping stuff.
Those who want to destroy national sovereignty of democractic nations and make them subjects of world government are clearly asking for a concentration of power unlike anything ever seen before - a result that will probably lead to one gruesome end: the eventual slaying of many millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of people. Power kills - it's a historical fact. How wise our Founding Fathers were to craft a Consitution that was all about limiting the power of government. May we work to elect politicians who once again respect that document.