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What does Goldhagen mean when he says that in genocide, "it is the will---and not the way---that is critical"?

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there is no mass murder or elimination that could not have been avoided had one person or a few people decided to do otherwise which they easily could have done. the perpetrators of genocide are not Born Killers and Free Will is not an illusion.

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taken from article in The Guardian about Goldhagen.

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