Saturday, 25 March 2023

"What was interesting and often overlooked by those studying the results of the Milgram experiments was that those who were more likely to refuse to carry out orders they were led to believe caused pain and suffering were from 'lower socio-economic groups'...Managers and professionals on the whole carried out the instructions with fewer qualms. Ergo they find cruelty and oppression easier to rationalise and accept''.

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