To those who would claim that is not true, one needs only to point to the devastation that a single storm wreaked on New Orleans or the wildfires that we (barely) were able to stop from
destroying huge swaths of a densly populated city, San Diego.
As they swept across Asia, they decimated populations and
destroyed huge swathes of farmland, which reverted to natural forest (not that we think mass slaughter of mankind is a solution).
Not exact matches
By alienating and humiliating
huge swathes of people, they
destroy trust and confidence, making it difficult for victims and witnesses to co-operate with them.