by just_me

This is a must-watch video of the Stanford Prison Experiment. This is what decent people do when they are put into positions of power over others. And then we elect politicians…

"The extreme willingness of adults to go to almost any lengths on the command of an authority constitutes the chief finding of the study... Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process."