They're not necessarily aholes they're what Eric Hoffer would call a true believer. Atrocities occur because was you stray from the truth, you can justify doing anything.
I remember when I was in high school we were given a speech by a recruiter telling us it was ok to kill Vietnamese because they didn't care about their relatives being killed. Falsehood allows the justification for atrocities.
I lived in a neighborhood that had Asians, including Cambodians and Vietnamese and trust me they honor their ancestors more than most Americans I know.
If you don't start with the truth you're on a fools errand.
I remember when I was in high school we were given a speech by a recruiter telling us it was ok to kill Vietnamese because they didn't care about their relatives being killed. Falsehood allows the justification for atrocities.
I lived in a neighborhood that had Asians, including Cambodians and Vietnamese and trust me they honor their ancestors more than most Americans I know.
If you don't start with the truth you're on a fools errand.