Complying with Genocide

The Wolf You Feed

By: E.N. Anderson, Barbara A. Anderson

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Hardcover | 4 December 2020

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The wolf you feed refers to a powerful Native American metaphor. Feeding the good wolf builds a moral and social order of inclusion and tolerance, whereas feeding the bad wolf leads to fear, hatred, exclusion, and violence. You must decide which wolf to feed. E.N. Anderson and Barbara A. Anderson use this metaphor to examine complicity in genocide. Anderson and Anderson argue that everyday frustration and fear, combined with hatred and social othering toward rivals and victims of discrimination, are powerful precursors to conforming to genocide and the very tools that genocidal leaders use to instigate hatred. Anderson and Anderson examine why individuals and whole nations become complicit in genocide. They propose powerful actions that can both protect against complicity and create social change, as exemplified from populations recovering from genocidal regimes. This book is targeted toward scholars and persons who are interested in understanding genocidal complicity and examining social strategies to counteract it.

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Scholars E. N. Anderson and Barbara Anderson explore the concepts of complicity in genocide and the nature of evil. They tackle average people's motivation to participate in mass killing and how they justify these actions. Social pressure, fear, and uncertainty coupled with charismatic leadership can persuade a disenfranchised, angry populace to be complacent or even cooperate with genocide. Average citizens turn toward evil when they accept that a minority does not deserve the same consideration and respect as they themselves do. As Paul Farmer has said, "the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong in the world." To counter this, the authors propose a stronger emphasis on moral aspects of society, such as equality, empathy, respect, and dedication to peaceful conflict resolution. Individuals should resist social aggression, bullying, and blaming, allowing positive social influences to counter genocidal thinking. As they contend, whether genocide continues or ends depends on how society approaches its problems—whether society employs fear, hatred, and violence or peace, love, and tolerance—demonstrating "the wolf you feed" metaphor. An important work in understanding the sociological underpinning of genocide complicity. Highly recommended.

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