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Bureaucracy As A Life-Saving Brake
- Timothy D. Snyder argues that bureaucracy slowed killing during the Holocaust by preserving state sovereign limits.
- Removing bureaucracy created vacuums where mass murder became possible.
Double State Destruction Enables Genocide
- Snyder identifies 'double state destruction' where successive conquerors remove state structures and enable mass killing.
- Areas under double occupation saw almost total annihilation of Jewish communities.
Fundamentalism Could Radicalize Violence
- Speaker warns Christian fundamentalist ideology could drive violent purges in a civil war.
- Public figures like Roy Moore exemplify theology aligning with militant action.