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mattmaroon 6 days ago [–]

Ethnic cleansing is the attempt to remove a people from the area. It can be accomplished by methods other than killing.

Genocide is an attempt to kill them all.

The Venn diagram has a lot of overlap for sure but they are not the same.

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