9. How do they Justify Persecution?

In a globally 'civilized' democratic society, justification of persecution of minorities require a complex machinery.

In ancient times, minority religious spiritual communities were persecuted and exterminated using brutal violence. No justification was required.

As humanity globally civilized, and as democratic systems evolved and law and order regulations were set in place, the need to justify acts of violence was required to keep the society pacified.

In World War I, the assassination of the Prince was used to trigger and incite a huge war. Post World War I, a simple trigger or justification was no more sufficient; a complex propaganda machinery was required to incite the society to support acts of violence.

In World War II, race superiority was used as a justification for extermination of the Jewish Population.

Justification Propaganda - methodology of justifying crimes against humanity

In the following years the whole methodology became highly sophisticated, allowing silent persecution of entire population or entire community or leader in such a way that literally no social, legal or humanitarian questioning or backlash would happen.