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{{DES | des = [[R. J. Rummel]]'s term for "killing of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide and mass murder".  It conveniently excludes private and commercial killing, especially by slow causes such as [[The Tobacco Industry|tobacco]] and [[pollution]].  It also conveniently overlooks lives saved by the efforts of the same governments.  Democide numbers are much smaller than the numbers of lives saved by government eradication of smallpox, let alone other [[vaccination]],  potable [[water]] and [[Sewers|sewerage projects]]. | show=}}
 
{{DES | des = [[R. J. Rummel]]'s term for "killing of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide and mass murder".  It conveniently excludes private and commercial killing, especially by slow causes such as [[The Tobacco Industry|tobacco]] and [[pollution]].  It also conveniently overlooks lives saved by the efforts of the same governments.  Democide numbers are much smaller than the numbers of lives saved by government eradication of smallpox, let alone other [[vaccination]],  potable [[water]] and [[Sewers|sewerage projects]]. | show=}}
 
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