The genius is on the left, the lunatic is on the right

Chapter 15 The Rwandan Genocide
The 1994 Rwandan genocide in Africa is known as the world's most neglected and brutal massacre.

The root cause of the incident has actually been around for a long time.There are two ethnic groups living in Rwanda, Hutu and Tutsis.In the past few decades, the leaders of the two ethnic groups have been playing games. For them, whoever occupies the leadership position means who has absolute power to manage the entire country, but for the common people, the Hutu people They have mixed with the Tutsis for a long time, and they have neither the boundaries of different races that prohibit intermarriage nor the difference of skin color.That is to say, apart from the words on the ID cards, there is actually no difference between the two races. They can be neighbors, good friends, husband and wife, and live in harmony.

But one day, the government announced something to the people:
Dear Hutu people, you greet the rising of the sun with the kindest and most industrious hearts every day, and then work hard until the sunset.But you don't know that those Tutsi people around you are actually some brutal villains with devil's blood flowing in their bodies, your present peace will no longer exist in the near future, unless you do it now Raise your arms and eradicate the Tutsis around you.Go for it, kill them, the Hutus will rule Rwanda, the Hutus will carry forward our spirit of hard work and kindness, and drive the demons out of our land.As a government, we will definitely provide you with arms support until you completely wipe out the Tutsis.

Thus, the massacre began. For no reason, the Hutus raised their kitchen knives and chopped at the Tutsis around them.Overnight, countless Tutsis fell in a pool of blood, and the brutal killing continued.

The Hutus gathered, they had the support of the government, they had weapons, they had vehicles, they formed impromptu teams, and they started sweeping, going door to door looking for Tutsis and exterminating them.

For three full months, Rwanda was in a pool of blood.The rampant Hutu people even attacked their own relatives. Their bloodthirsty pleasure hit their brains.However, the unarmed Tutsi people were extremely innocent and forced to do nothing. From being helpless at the beginning to rising up to resist later, the bloody smell of this massacre was even more serious.

According to incomplete statistics, nearly one million people died in this massacre, most of whom were Tutsis.And this event happened in 1994, not in the uncivilized prehistory, nor in the autocratic era of feudal rule.Although Africa's development was very backward, it had already entered a civilized society at that time. It is really unreasonable that the scope of such "uncivilized" behavior is so huge.

A reporter interviewed a Hutu woman. During the massacre, she personally killed the Tutsis of her neighbor's family, even her six-year-old daughter.And just two days ago, she went shopping with the hostess of the house, and made an appointment to cook and entertain friends in her courtyard... Her explanation for this cruel behavior is that, as a Hutu, I have Obliged to respond to the government's call to eliminate those Tutsis... The girl's parents are dead, she is left in this world helpless and unable to live, if I don't kill her, someone else will kill her.I did this only to send her to reunite with her parents, and it was also for her own good.

"For her good"?What kind of logic is this?And why did this ordinary housewife instantly become a murderous demon?
This is just one of all the Hutus who raised their knives at others in the Rwandan genocide, and there are countless people like them. A strange logic seems to be planted in their brains instantly, thinking that killing is the right thing to do of.However, what kind of power turned these originally peaceful and kind people into demons in an instant?
The brain-burning logic of a genius or a madman
The Rwandan genocide is also a typical case of the "Lucifer effect". The reason why the "Lucifer effect" is so effective is that human beings are environmental animals, and no one can exist alone without being separated from the surrounding environment.Those who live in isolation and claustrophobia are special cases after all, and most people live in society, deal with people, and coordinate with the environment, so they are inevitably affected by the environment, and it is very easy to change themselves due to changes in the environment .This kind of change is not a subjective forced change, but just unconscious. Even after the change, the parties will not feel that they have changed much.Although this is a "natural" process, in some situations, it is completely harmful.

This is like a very important "herd effect" in psychology and sociology. You may think that something is wrong at first, but when you find that most people around you say it is right, You will slowly begin to doubt your own judgment and eventually correct it and say it was right.Even at this time, you still have some doubts in your heart, but you will choose to follow the direction of the public, because subconsciously, you don't want to be the "early bird".

This can also explain the actions of the Hutu people who raised their knives and killed people in the Rwandan genocide.Many years later, when they recalled the past again, many people had similar explanations: When others have already started killing, they feel uncomfortable not to kill, and if they are so different, will they be despised by their peers? Then kill?
It can be seen that at that time, becoming a "bad guy" was the most logical and easy thing to do, but justice became difficult.

(End of this chapter)