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You've stated a conundrum. If they're doing something

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In Reply to: RE: Can a decent person be doing something deplorable? posted by Victor Khomenko on October 26, 2010 at 14:13:04

deplorable, they cannot be decent.
That said, it is very easy to look at history's ugliest events, or shocking criminal acts, and think you'd never participate. Unfortunately, that isn't where reasoning leads us--- or at least, the vast majority of us. That's why politics is so important: once an evil system is in place, most people will follow. There is a famous Yale psychology test that showed how dangerous authority can be.

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Mostly agree, but in this case it is not the authority, but lack of it... - Victor Khomenko 06:48:25 10/27/10 (0)
...with people feeling they are being neglected, left to their own devices, that pushes the participants over the edge. It is purely the survival game.

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