We will have to take a stand before it is too late; Overstanding the stages to Genocide

BY SIMONE J. SMITH

“The deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.” Encyclopedia Britannica

For some, using the word genocide to describe what has been occurring over the last twenty months might seem like overkill (no pun intended), but for others, this word accurately describes the systematic way in which this pandemic has unfolded.

Analysis shows that usually when large numbers of human beings are killed, an escalating pattern of societal conditions occur that leads to genocide. Unfortunately, those in power are aware of this pattern and encourage it to form. Why? Well, because they often have a desired outcome in mind, and they see people as collateral damage.

According to academic and activist Gregory H. Stanton, genocide is a process that develops in ten stages, described here. The stages do not necessarily follow a linear progression and may coexist. Studying mass killings throughout history has developed these stages of genocide, and in order to prevent genocides from occurring, it is important to first understand how they unfold.

Let’s take a look at the stages, see if there are any comparisons that can be drawn to what has occurred, what is presently occurring, and how to prevent it.

Classification

Groups in a position of power will categorize people according to ethnicity, race, religion or nationality employing an us versus them mentality.

Our governments have done a great job of creating labels during this pandemic. Vaccinated, anti-vaccinated, mask, anti-mask, you get the picture

Prevention: Find aspects of life that bring us together instead of separating us like, we have all lost loved one whether it was to the virus, or to the vaccination.

Symbolization

People are identified as Jews, Roma or Tutsis, etc., and made to stand out from others with certain colours or symbolic articles of clothing.

The mask has become the symbol of our time. If you are wearing a mask, then you are seen as law abiding, and obedient to the powers that be.

“I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that’s the kind of thing you should be doing,” Dr. Fauci

Prevention: Respect those who choose not to wear a mask. There are reasons why exemptions were included in the by-law.

Discrimination

A dominant group uses laws, customs, and political power to deny the rights of other groups. The powerless group may not be granted full civil rights or even citizenship.

Well, well, well. Doesn’t this sound and look familiar? The Canadian Prime Minister has joined other governmental leaders in denying the rights of those who CHOOSE not to take the experimental vaccination.

Prevention: Ensure full political empowerment and citizenship rights for all groups in a society. Discrimination on the basis of nationality, ethnicity, race, CHOICE, or religion should be outlawed.

Dehumanisation

The diminished value of the discriminated group is communicated through propaganda. Parallels are drawn with animals, insects or diseases.

The dehumanization process evolved when Trudeau announced that those who still didn’t have their COVID-19 vaccine shots would lose several of their Constitutional freedoms if they didn’t get their vaccination. Without freedom, what are we?

Prevention: Promptly denounce and take a stand against those who want to strip you of your God given rights. WE all have a right to choose what is good for our families, and ourselves as long as it is not hurting others.

Organization

A state, its army or militia design genocidal killing plans.

Now this stage is quietly happening with all of the military that has been deployed in parts of the world. The exact repercussions of this deployment have not been seen as of yet in Canada, but in places like the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted at military support for police officers to enforce tougher measures.

Prevention: This is an interesting one because the military is under direct governance of our leaders. What has been happening is members of the military are speaking out against what is happening and taking a stand. We can only hope for more of this.

Polarisation

Propaganda is employed to amplify the differences between groups. Interactions between groups are prohibited, and the moderate members of the group in power are killed

The media has continued to use trigger words in order to separate the masses. I mentioned them earlier in this article (anti-vaccinated, anti-mask)

Prevention: Protect these moderate members and human rights groups. Learn to identify the trigger words used by the media, and refrain from using them

Preparation

The victims are identified, separated and forced to wear symbols. There could be deportations, isolation and forcible starvation. Death lists are drawn up.

The government has begun their isolation process by stating that non-vaccinated people are not even allowed to sit and eat with vaccinated people. They have begun to separate families during the holidays, suggesting that vaccinated people should try to avoid the unvaccinated. Scary!

Prevention: Don’t allow yourself to get caught up in the propaganda; continue to find safe ways to spend time with family, and don’t let the government determine when you see your family and friends. Listen, they don’t abide by their own rules, and this has been proven.

Persecution

Victims are identified and isolated based on their ethnic or religious identity. Death lists are drawn up. In state sponsored genocides, members of victim groups may be forced to wear identifying symbols. Their property is often expropriated.

We are slowly getting to this stage, and if we don’t take a stand, this will become our reality.

Prevention: Regional organizations and the international community must mobilise themselves to assist and help each other.

Extermination

The massacres begin. The perpetrators see their actions as “extermination” since they do not consider their victims to be entirely human.

When I hear about the elderly population, our most vulnerable who were mishandled during this pandemic, I can’t help but think that extermination has already occurred.

Prevention: Only large-scale armed interventions can stop genocide.

Denial

The perpetrators of the genocide deny having committed their crimes. Victims are often blamed. Evidence is hidden and witnesses are intimidated.

Since the very beginning, evidence and those who have this evidence have been ostracized, ignored, and censored. Even when the truth is right in people’s faces, the governments have found a way to hide the truth in plain sight.

Prevention: An international tribunal or national court must prosecute the criminals. Public education is necessary.

Signing petitions, sending letters, protests and awareness-building events exercise a concrete impact on governments and the media. Genocide prevention is an on-going challenge, but I hope this article has brought awareness, and I hope that people take a stand before it is too late.