There is a good reason that all of this killing is unknown.… - Rudolph Rummel

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There is a good reason that all of this killing is unknown. The authoritarian and totalitarian thug regimes that do most of the killing usually control who writes their histories and what appears in them.

Rudolph Rummel

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Rudolph Joseph Rummel (October 21, 1932 – March 2, 2014) was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii. He spent his career studying data on collective violence and war with a view toward helping their resolution or elimination. Rummel coined the term “democide” for murder by government (compare genocide), such as the Stalinist purges and Mao’s Cultural Revolution.

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Alternative Names: Rudolph Joseph Rummel • R. J. Rummel • Rummel's law

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