• xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    depopulate is a pretty weird way to say “genocide”….

    i, from my armchair, think it’s more about “hearts and minds”… as in, according to the us army guerilla warfare handbook, a guerilla army is impossible to defeat if they are well supported by the populace.

    they can always disappear into someone’s home, and can always get new supplies….
    well, unless you genocide the entire country….

    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      depopulate is a pretty weird way to say “genocide”….

      Genocides suggest that people remain and/or suggests killing a single ethnic group. Depopulate means killing everyone. The choice of “depopulate” was intentional as I believe had the US military wanted to they had enough ordinance to kill literally everything in Afghanistan and Iraq.