The red scare. The persecution of jews in nazi germany. The persecution of the first dude who suggested that if doctors washed their hands then less people would die of infection. Just say no to drugs. Cigarettes are good for you. And yes, our latest adventures with vaccines.
A good propaganda campaign and our natural urge to conform substitutes for torture in this case.
I heard about a study where they put people in a room and asked them to identify the shortest of four lines. There would secretly be 3 people in the room gaslighting the fourth one by choosing the most obviously wrong answer and often times, it worked
I think you’re suggesting that this is somehow generally true in human behavior, but the examples you give are fictional and a result of torture.
Can you give a real-life example that doesn’t involve someone being mentally damaged from torture?
The red scare. The persecution of jews in nazi germany. The persecution of the first dude who suggested that if doctors washed their hands then less people would die of infection. Just say no to drugs. Cigarettes are good for you. And yes, our latest adventures with vaccines.
A good propaganda campaign and our natural urge to conform substitutes for torture in this case.
And/or our natural preference for half-baked logic, conspiracy theory, scapegoating others, being part of the ‘in’ group, etc, etc.
I heard about a study where they put people in a room and asked them to identify the shortest of four lines. There would secretly be 3 people in the room gaslighting the fourth one by choosing the most obviously wrong answer and often times, it worked
Asch Conformity Line Experiment https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/asch-conformity-experiments
Thank you for finding it
I’ll keep that one in mind. Thanks