Iara VPS quoted The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. …
Even in the face of overwhelming evidence that mass murder is occurring, the human instinct is to hold out hope that your son, or your daughter, might be saved. This freezes people, and makes populations much more quiescent — easier to exterminate and easier to control.
— The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins (Page 145)
