{"id":987601438,"date":"2025-07-20T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/?p=987601438"},"modified":"2025-07-20T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:00:33","slug":"politics-the-process-where-the-alleged-higher-class-of-people-manipulate-the-lower-classes-out-of-their-assets-and-lives-via-taxation-and-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/politics-the-process-where-the-alleged-higher-class-of-people-manipulate-the-lower-classes-out-of-their-assets-and-lives-via-taxation-and-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics &#8211; The Process where the Alleged Higher Class of People Manipulate the Lower Classes out of their Assets and Lives via Taxation and War."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oBIxScJ5rlY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-hveid=\"CAAQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong>In the context of deaths associated with government actions or inaction's, several distinct aspects are often discussed:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul class=\"U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAAQBA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Democide:<\/b>\u00a0This term refers to the murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder. Estimates by Rudolph Rummel suggest that governments were responsible for the deaths of 262 million people in the 20th century, significantly more than battle-related deaths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAAQBQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Civilian Casualties in Military Operations:<\/b>\u00a0Governments engaging in military operations are often accountable for civilian deaths resulting from those operations. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) releases annual reports detailing civilian casualties in connection with military operations. These reports are required by law to list operations resulting in confirmed or suspected civilian casualties, the methods used to assess these casualties, and efforts to reduce them. The reports also discuss processes for offering condolences and payments to victims and their families.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAAQBg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Public Health Policies and Crises:<\/b> Government actions and inaction's can impact public health and mortality rates. Examples include regulations that hinder the provision of healthcare services, cuts to essential programs like Medicaid or foreign aid that supports global health initiatives. The effectiveness of a government's response to public health crises, such as pandemics, can have a significant impact on mortality rates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAAQBw\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Transparency and Reporting:<\/b>\u00a0The level of transparency in government data collection and reporting of deaths, particularly during crises like pandemics, can impact public understanding of the situation and the government's response. Concerns have also been raised regarding the release of death records and autopsy reports due to the sensitive personal information they may contain.<\/span><span class=\"\" data-wiz-rootname=\"ohfaMd\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"6f5c1c96-a817-4b48-b8b0-e72d3cf53d69\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiA1M_yucuOAxXSkyYFHZItFmIQye0OegQIABAI\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-hveid=\"CAAQCQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong>It's important to note that discussions about government death counts can be highly politicized and contested, particularly when assessing accountability for civilian deaths in conflicts or the impact of policy decisions on mortality rates. <\/strong><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"Y3BBE\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-hveid=\"CAAQCQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong><span class=\"\" data-wiz-rootname=\"ohfaMd\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">In other words they try and cover up their crimes by any means possible so you don't blame the Guilty, by blaming the Victims.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE1.HTM\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1136\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-47-09.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot from 2025-07-20 08-47-09\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-47-09.png 1136w, https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-47-09-980x294.png 980w, https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-47-09-480x144.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1136px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-987601446\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><blockquote>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE1.HTM#ACK\">Acknowledgments<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>1. 169,202,000 Murdered: Summary and Conclusions [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/DBG.CHAP1.HTM\">20th Century Democide<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>I BACKGROUND<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>2. The New Concept of Democide [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/DBG.CHAP2.HTM\">Definition of Democide<\/a>]<br \/>3. Over<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/DBG.CHAP3.HTM\">133,147,000 Murdered<\/a>: Pre-Twentieth Century Democide<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>II 128,168,000 VICTIMS: THE DEKA-MEGAMURDERERS<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>4. 61,911,000 Murdered: The Soviet Gulag State<br \/>5. 35,236,000 Murdered: The Communist Chinese Ant Hill<br \/>6. 20,946,000 Murdered: The Nazi Genocide State<br \/>7. 10,214,000 Murdered: The Depraved Nationalist Regime<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>III 19,178,000 VICTIMS: THE LESSER MEGA-MURDERERS<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: TIMES; font-size: medium;\">8. 5,964,000 Murdered: Japan's Savage Military<br \/>9. 2,035,000 Murdered: The Khmer Rouge Hell State<br \/>10. 1,883,000 Murdered: Turkey's Genocidal Purges<br \/>11. 1,670,000 Murdered: The Vietnamese War State<br \/>12. 1,585,000 Murdered: Poland's Ethnic Cleansing<br \/>13. 1,503,000 Murdered: The Pakistani Cutthroat State<br \/>14. 1,072,000 Murdered: Tito's Slaughterhouse<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>IV 4,145,000 VICTIMS: SUSPECTED MEGAMURDERERS<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: TIMES; font-size: medium;\">15. 1,663,000 Murdered? Orwellian North Korea<br \/>16. 1,417,000 Murdered? Barbarous Mexico<br \/>17. 1,066,000 Murdered? Feudal Russia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/DBG.REFERENCES.HTM\">References<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>Index<\/i><\/p>\n<hr size=\"5\" color=\"green\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: TIMES; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><b>IMPORTANT NOTE:<\/b><\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Among all the democide estimates appearing in this book, some have been revised upward. I have changed that for Mao's famine, 1958-1962, from zero to 38,000,000. And thus I have had to change the overall democide for the PRC (1928-1987) from 38,702,000 to 76,702,000. Details<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freedomspeace.blogspot.com\/2005\/11\/reevaluating-chinas-democide-to-be.html\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have changed my estimate for colonial democide from 870,000 to an additional 50,000,000. Details<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freedomspeace.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/reevaluating-colonial-democide.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the new world total: old total 1900-1999 = 174,000,000. New World total = 174,000,000 + 38,000,000 (new for China) + 50,000,000 (new for Colonies) = 262,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Just to give perspective on this incredible murder by government, if all these bodies were laid head to toe, with the average height being 5', then they would circle the earth ten times. Also, this democide murdered 6 times more people than died in combat in all the foreign and internal wars of the century. Finally, given popular estimates of the dead in a major nuclear war, this total democide is as though such a war did occur, but with its dead spread over a century.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-54-14.png\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"918\" src=\"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-54-14.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot from 2025-07-20 08-54-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-54-14.png 469w, https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-from-2025-07-20-08-54-14-153x300.png 153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" class=\"wp-image-987601449\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul>\n<li>Books on Democide\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocides and Mass Murders 1917-1987<\/i>, Rutgers, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE4.HTM\">1990<\/a>: Preface, References, and all tables of estimates, calculations and sources for each historical period.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>China's Bloody Century: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900<\/i>. Rutgers, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE2.HTM\">1991<\/a>: Preface, Chapter 1, Methods Appendix, References, and all tables of estimates, calculations and sources for each historical period.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>Democide: Nazi Genocide and Mass Murder<\/i>. Rutgers, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE3.HTM\">1992<\/a>: Preface, Chapter 1, References, and the summary overall table of estimates, calculations and sources.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder in the Twentieth Century<\/i>, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE1.HTM\">1994<\/a>: Preface; Chapters 1, 2, and 3; References; and the summary table for each megamurderer.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>Statistics of Democide<\/i>. Center on National Security and Law, University of Virginia,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">1997<\/a>: entire. Republished by Lit Verlag, M\u0178ster, Germany in 1998 and distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Definitions\n<ul>\n<li>The new concept of democide:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/DBG.CHAP2.HTM\">Definition and qualifications<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE1.HTM\">[1]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Article: What is<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/GENOCIDE.ENCY.HTM\">Genocide?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/GENOCIDE.HTM\">Democide versus genocide<\/a>: which is what?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter: 1900-1987: 169,198,000<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/DBG.CHAP1.HTM\">murdered<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE1.HTM\">[1]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Article:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/WSJ.ART.HTM\">pilot study:<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>war isn't this century's biggest killer<\/li>\n<li>References: overall<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.REF.HTM\">sources<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>of estimates\/quotes\/information<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Table: summary by<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.TAB16A.1.GIF\">regime<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Figure: democide<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.FIG23.2.GIF\">year-by-year<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>and war and rebellion-dead<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What governments murdered how many?\n<ul>\n<li>Table: summary of<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/DBG.TAB1.2.GIF\">megamurderers<\/a>--regimes that murdered 1,000,000 people or more<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE1.HTM\">[1]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chapter: the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.CHAP14.HTM\">centi-kilo<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>murderers--regimes that murdered 100,000 to 999,999 people or more<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Tables: estimates, calculations, and sources, by<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.NOTE.HTM\">states<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>and by<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.TAB14.2.GIF\">quasi-states<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter: the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.CHAP15.HTM\">lesser<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>murderers--regimes that murdered less than 100,000 people<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Tables:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.NOTE.HTM\">estimates, calculations, and sources<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.CHAP13.HTM\">American<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>bombing and other democide<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Table:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.TAB13.1.GIF\">estimates, calculations, and sources<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"5\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paper: how many did<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/COM.ART.HTM\">communism<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>murder?<\/li>\n<li>Chapter section: Khmer Rouge<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/WF.CHAP6.HTM\">Cambodian democide<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE15.HTM\">15<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Chapter section: Rwandan<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/WF.CHAP6.HTM\">genocide<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE15.HTM\">15<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter: democide in totalitarian states: mortacracies and megamurderers--an<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/CHARNY.CHAP.HTM\">annotated<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>bibliography\n<p><a name=\"6\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chapter: the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/HOLO.PAPER.HTM\">Holocaust<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>in comparative perspective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"8\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paper: democide<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/POSTWWII.HTM\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>since World War II<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"7\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapter: the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.CHAP16.HTM\">social field<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>of democide<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Tables:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.TAB16.2.GIF\">descriptive statistics<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>among<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.TAB16.1.GIF\">types<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>of democide; their<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.TAB16.3.GIF\">intercorrelations<\/a>, and<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.TAB16.4.GIF\">factors<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/NOTE5.HTM\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr color=\"green\" \/>\n<p><center><\/center><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":987601439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-hveid=\"CAAQAg\" data-processed=\"true\">In the context of deaths associated with government actions or inaction's, several distinct aspects are often discussed:<\/div><ul class=\"U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\"><li data-hveid=\"CAAQBA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Democide:<\/b>\u00a0This term refers to the murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder. Estimates by Rudolph Rummel suggest that governments were responsible for the deaths of 262 million people in the 20th century, significantly more than battle-related deaths.<\/span><\/li><li data-hveid=\"CAAQBQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Civilian Casualties in Military Operations:<\/b>\u00a0Governments engaging in military operations are often accountable for civilian deaths resulting from those operations. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) releases annual reports detailing civilian casualties in connection with military operations. These reports are required by law to list operations resulting in confirmed or suspected civilian casualties, the methods used to assess these casualties, and efforts to reduce them. The reports also discuss processes for offering condolences and payments to victims and their families.<\/span><\/li><li data-hveid=\"CAAQBg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Public Health Policies and Crises:<\/b> Government actions and inaction's can impact public health and mortality rates. Examples include regulations that hinder the provision of healthcare services, cuts to essential programs like Medicaid or foreign aid that supports global health initiatives. The effectiveness of a government's response to public health crises, such as pandemics, can have a significant impact on mortality rates.<\/span><\/li><li data-hveid=\"CAAQBw\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-processed=\"true\"><b class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Transparency and Reporting:<\/b>\u00a0The level of transparency in government data collection and reporting of deaths, particularly during crises like pandemics, can impact public understanding of the situation and the government's response. Concerns have also been raised regarding the release of death records and autopsy reports due to the sensitive personal information they may contain.<\/span><span class=\"\" data-wiz-rootname=\"ohfaMd\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"6f5c1c96-a817-4b48-b8b0-e72d3cf53d69\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiA1M_yucuOAxXSkyYFHZItFmIQye0OegQIABAI\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-hveid=\"CAAQCQ\" data-processed=\"true\">It's important to note that discussions about government death counts can be highly politicized and contested, particularly when assessing accountability for civilian deaths in conflicts or the impact of policy decisions on mortality rates.<span class=\"\" data-wiz-rootname=\"ohfaMd\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,60,28,7,5,27,57,74,63,6,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987601438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action-steps","category-editors-choice","category-great-awakening","category-hidden-secrets","category-history-reveled","category-human-trafficking","category-in-the-storm-news","category-mind-control","category-oh-shit","category-revelations","category-stupid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987601438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987601438"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987601438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987601451,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987601438\/revisions\/987601451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987601439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987601438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987601438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danellaconsulting.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987601438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}