• wewbull
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    6 hours ago

    It’s the entomology of the word.

    Legally they have a definition which broadens the concept to not just direct killing of a people, but also acts that lead to the eradication of a culture. For example: kidnapping the children of a group and raising the within your own culture is a genocidal act as it leads to the culture dying off, even though no actual killing has taken place.

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      3 hours ago

      Yes and relevantly here it also ceases the necessity of total eradication.