Okay kiddo, so there is a book called "Death by a Thousand Cuts". It's a way of explaining the idea that sometimes, little tiny problems can add up over time and make something really big and bad happen.
It's like when you have a small cut on your finger. It doesn't seem like a big deal at first, but if you keep getting small cuts over and over again, it starts to hurt really bad and can even make you sick.
In the book, they use this idea to talk about how sometimes small mistakes or problems in a company or government can add up and cause big problems for everyone involved.
So basically, it's a way of saying that even small things can have a big impact if they happen enough times.