according to the research of r.j. romal for example, a world expert on genocide, it's not the genetic makeup of a particular people, nor a particular religion, nationality or political philosophy that causes people to kill, but sheer absolute unchecked power. in other words, the more concentrated the power in the hands of an elite, the more likely that elite, regardless of its race or culture or any other factor, will commit human rights abuses both at home and abroad, and initiate war with their neighbors. and according to the empirical data on the subject, dictatorships and totalitarian regimes are by nature more likely to wage war on other countries and torture their own citizens at home than democratic societies, because absolute power will give people the ability to act instantaneously on those dark impulses that lie within us all. and the solution according to romal is to diffuse power through education and through democracy. grass roots political activism will hold leaders accountable for their actions, and education