Genocide escalates from smaller harms that progressively change the perpetrators

Evidence

Mass killing or genocide is usually the outcome of an evolution that starts with discrimination and limited acts of harm-doing. Harming people changes the perpetrators (and the whole society) and prepares them for more harmful acts. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 126

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ten genocide stages are non-linear and earlier stages persist throughout — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 0; Genocide emerges through a progressive ladder of escalating acts, not a sudden leap — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3979; Genocide follows a staged progression from derogation through brutality to systematic killing (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Genocide emerges through a progressive ladder of escalating acts, not a sudden leap #corroborates (0.97) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3979
• Mass violence evolves progressively from lesser harms rather than erupting suddenly #corroborates (0.95)
• Gradual escalation binds perpetrators to destructive roles they would reject in one step #expands (0.93) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 659
• Genocide follows a staged progression from derogation through brutality to systematic killing #expands (0.90)