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Killing them softly
By
Anna Marshall
Saddam
Hussein was a clumsy amateur when it came to committing genocide.
I believe there is a far more subtle way.
If
a political group wants to rid itself of a troublesome ethnic
minority, the most efficient method is to alienate the target
group and then destroy the self-respect and motivation of the
group’s members. They will do the rest for you. No guns or
chemical weapons are required.
The
starting point is to get the target group to feel victimised and
alienated from the rest of society. A propaganda campaign dwelling
on past grievances is an excellent device. Academics and other
bleeding hearts will gladly assist in the campaign free of charge.
If
the target group has a primitive culture and has a connection to
remote outback areas, the job is so much easier. The feelings of
alienation and resentment can be accelerated by declaring that the
way to redress past wrongs is for the group members to claim areas
of land where they can live in remote communities, perpetuate
their ancient culture and aim for “self-determination”.
Many
anthropologists will rush to assist the campaign. They love the
idea of preserving the “noble savage” in his primitive
culture. It will give them the opportunity to write endless papers
on the subject. The anthropologists will emphasise that activities
such as tribal dancing and digging for Witchetty grubs is superior
to the decadent Western habits of learning computer skills and job
skills.
The
next step is to get the group addicted to the corrosive influence
of welfare. Dishing out heaps of “sit down” money so that
group members never have to work should achieve this objective.
In
case people challenge this destructive program, it will be
necessary to stifle public discussion. An excellent propaganda
technique is to take an innocuous word like “racism” (original
dictionary meaning: “the notion that one’s own race is
superior to all others”), emotionalise it and re-define it to
denote a heinous crime worse than rape or murder. Apply this
epithet to anyone challenging the campaign. This will stop most
discussion. But to be really certain, create a new law making it
an offence to be racist, say racist things or even think racist
thoughts.
Now
most of the elements of the genocide plan are in place. A large
number of the group are in self-imposed exile in remote locations
where there are no jobs and no hope of learning sufficient job
skills to compete for jobs in a modern economy. And they are paid
not to work.
Soon
the group members will build up a feeling of hopelessness. There
will be nothing to strive for in life apart from the vague
concepts of “land rights” and “self-determination”.
As
the sense of hopelessness turns to frustration and anger, the
group members will most likely turn to alcohol and drugs to numb
their feelings.
If
the program works well, group members’ health will deteriorate,
they will fight among themselves. As they become hopelessly
addicted to alcohol and drugs, the men may even beat their wives
and abuse their children.
To
escape the horrific home life, the children may roam the streets
and begin taking drugs or alcohol or sniffing petrol. It is
important to keep the children trapped in this vicious, alienated
lifestyle. Encourage the bleeding hearts to shriek “racist” at
any attempts to move the abused children into the caring, learning
environment of the majority culture.
After
a while the campaign will take on a life of its own. The academics
and bleeding hearts will blame the rest of the population for the
terrible situation. They will demand more taxpayer funds to boost
the program to provide more isolation, more frustration and more
“sit-down” money. The children and younger people will believe
the propaganda and begin building a hatred of the rest of the
population. The hatred, combined with the feeling of being
deprived of a place in the modern world, will build into a feeling
of being at war with the rest of the population. The urban members
may bash, rape and rob the population believing they are just
taking revenge for the outrageous wrongs committed against them.
As
the plan comes to fruition, the group should begin to die out from
poor nutrition, alcoholic diseases and alcohol-fuelled killing of
each other.
While
this plan should work well in a country like
Iraq
,
it probably wouldn’t work in an enlightened society like
Australia
.
Would
it?
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