The theory is that democratic systems provide a path to pea… - Rudolph Rummel

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The theory is that democratic systems provide a path to peace, and universalizing them would eliminate war and minimize global, political violence

Rudolph Rummel

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About Rudolph Rummel

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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It is sad that hundreds of thousands of people can be killed by governments with hardly an international murmur, while a war killing several thousand people can cause an immediate world outcry and global reaction.

People should not be free only because it is good for them. They should be free because it is their right as human beings.

Increasing freedom in the world decreases the death toll of its wars. Surely, whatever reduces and then finally ends the scourge of war in our history, without causing a greater evil, must be the greatest moral good. And this is freedom.

The theory is that democratic systems provide a path to peace, and universalizing them would eliminate war and minimize global, political violence - Rudolph Rummel

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