| Analysis There are many causes for this problem that has plagued our world for generations. But the main causes are intolerance, nationalism, and the lack of the will of the world to help. Intolerance and imperialistic ideas are the drive for these actions of hatred and violence. The concept that a certain race, religion, or nationality is better than another without any justification is very one-ended and not within the thinking that people of the twentieth and twenty-first century are thought of having. And yet, people who do have these ideas are those of power and therefore are able to use their ideas to influence others. This is most obvious in the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler was a powerful speaker and demanded respect, making an opposition difficult and almost impossible. Nationalism, the feeling of pride in and devotion to one�s country, is also a driving force that leads to genocide. �Nationalism is global, but has not yet produced a global state� is what writer Paul Treanor writes in his article �Genocide, World Order, and State Formation� (http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/genocide.html ). By this he means that the world is divided into many different states and people have a sense of nationalism for their individual state but no nationalism for the world. When nationalism is strong enough, it can make the people act in haste and the excessive amount of pride that one has for its state, as Mr. Treanor calls it, and the idea that someone or some other nationality is trying to �invade� their state, is enough for acts of hatred and genocide to occur. This is most evident in the conflict between the Hutsus and Tutsis. Because of the Hutsu nationalistic thinking, 800,000 Tutsi have died. When the idea of genocide is talked about, the thoughts of mass killing, nationalism and intolerance are noted. But what most people don�t think about is the fact that other countries and nations did not try to stop the actions of hate either because of political reasons or because of fear of involvement. The sad thing is that if intervention had occurred early during any of the situations concerning genocide, many lives could have been saved. This is most evident in the Holocaust. If the Allies had knowledge of the actions occurring and it they had stepped in earlier then many more people would be alive today. Hopefully though, the human race has learned from its mistakes and will take care of the situations before they become enormous problems. Link to Evaluation of Previous Attempts to End the Problem of Genocide |