Rummel v. Mann R. J. Rummel and Michael Mann have to different viewpoints on how genocide is connected to democracy. Rummel says that democracies are much less likely to commit genocide. Mann argues that even democracies can commit genocide. I believe that Rummel’s point of view is the correct one. There are many more differences in these articles than similarities. Mann does not think Rummel explains the more important cases that could be considered genocide. Rummel’s view focuses more on this centuries democracy while Mann focuses on the history of these democracies and the acts they committed to grow. Mann gives an example of the Europeans colonization the Americas, which in the end many of the Native Americans were killed. He says this