Power kills, absolute Power kills absolutely. Putting the human cost of war and democide together, Power has killed over 203,000,000 people in this century. The way to end war and virtually eliminate democide appears to be through restricting and checking Power. This means to foster democratic freedom. ____ Democide: The murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide (among other things, the killing of people by a government because of their indelible group membership: race, ethnicity, religion, language), politicide (the murder of any person or people by a government because of their politics or for political purposes), and mass murder (the indiscriminate killing of any person or … Continue reading R.J. Rummel