20th Century Democide

The more power a government has, the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, the more it will make war on others and murder its foreign and domestic subjects. The more constrained the power of governments, the more it is diffused, checked and balanced, the less it will aggress on others and commit democide.

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DBG.CHAP1.HTM

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DBG.TAB1.2.GIF