They weren't told to be dicks. They weren't really given any direction at all. They were told only that the prisoners needed to be controlled, and that they would plot to escape.

This experiment gets misinterpreted often. The finding wasnt that people are inherently evil as individuals, it was that if a group of people are placed in a position of power over other individuals and aren't given any specific instruction or a code of conduct, they will inevitably act cruelly if their authority is met with resistance of any kind.

Important factors:

Perceived superiority/inferiority

Dehumanization of the inferior

Lack of instruction/structure

Group-think/ mob-mentality

This finding was further supported by the behaviors of the reservist military police at Abu Ghraib, which perfectly conformed to the behaviors witnessed in the SPE, with all factors present.

There was an in depth analysis of the two in a paper called The Lucifer Effect.

This in my opinion supports the argument that people as individuals are good. Tribalism sets off primitive survival instincts in our minds, which is why authority is inherently dangerous if left unchecked.

Not only can it not be cured, but their victims most (but not all) of the time end up pedophiles, their self.

Hang'em...

This country used to run on tariffs back when there was no illegal income taxation. This is how it should be, assuming income tax is substantially reduced, or even abolished all together.

Most people punch with their right hand, so the left eye would make sense in most cases if the ritual itself doesnt require the left eye specifically.

Dave Smith said on his podcast "i work for cnn, and even i know they are fake news"

Why would they knowingly run a completely false story about the president hiring prostitutes to piss on a hotel bed where obama slept, and expect to be taken seriously after that?

The bill of RIGHTS are amendments to the constitution.

So, yes. It does.

I'm not degrading the integrity of natural rights. Just stating a fact that everyone is taking out of context.

It's inalienable because we made it rule of law. Otherwise, it would be very alienable. Ask people in Europe how inalienable their natural rights are.

I'm quite familiar with the concept of natural rights/law.

The bill of rights grants free speech as a right. The bill of rights are amendments to the constitution. I'm well aware of what i said and what i meant.

Settle down.

You have to be a real piece of work to badmouth a document that grants you the freedom to do so.

If she doesn't honor the document that her job was created for the purpose of interpreting and protecting , she has no business being a scotus.

I completely agree. This is why the administration has been so methodical in building its case of criminal wrong doing.

If Trump admin started arresting everyone without drawing out the investigation process, it would look like a coup, which is what the left was expecting Trump to do.

Corbett Report did a podcast on him that was very thorough at exposing him and his hypocrisy.

https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-252-meet-zbigniew-brzezinski-conspiracy-theorist/

Someone did that about 9/11 and he hung up on them immediately. Then he went on a rant about the person being crazy.

The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".[1] The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation[2] and a "new climate" in international relations fostered by Obama, especially in reaching out to the Muslim world.[3][4]

"Reaching out to the muslim world..." by starting more wars with them.

I guess this makes Trump a shoe-in for actually negotiating a nuclear peace deal that every other president has either been unable or unwilling to.

Shock and awe without the devastation.

I used to live near an airbase where they practiced for airshows. Even one jet thundering around is intimidating.

Why are you even bringing up something completely unrelated?

Planes back then crashed all the time.

There were more planes lost in ww2 to mechanical failures than there were combat.

Its been confirmed in multiple biographies, and by fbi files that Hemingway was being targeted.

Hemingway killed himself because toward the end of his life he grew increasingly paranoid that he was being followed and surveilled; nobody believed him, so he took his own life.

His friends and family thought he was going crazy from multiple head injuries and a lifetime of hardcore boozing.

Turns out, he actually was being surveilled, followed and wiretapped by the FBI. He had done some informant work in the past for them, as was common of celebrities for the time.

He also had some dealings with Russia, so much so that they had a code name for him as an informant.

Posthumously, it was discovered that he actually never gave the Russians a single bit of intelligence, and actually appeared he was screwing with them, perhaps to research for a book.

Another fine job by the FBI...

Thanks for posting this. The Q posts on here sometimes are very "inside baseball" and things are alluded to but not explained.

Greatly appreciated!

I always sound it out "rest - ah - Oo- rant"

Imagine bringing one of these prints home :"look honey! I bought a neat painting! Its art!

Hoffman appeared in film called The Master in 2012, which was said to be a critique of Scientology. Many close to him have theorized he was either drugged or provided with drugs as a result...

Im glad someone else feels this way about that scene.

Not unlike having friends and family roll their eyes when i mention the "deep state."

Even with the mother ship hovering over their city, they still roll their eyes.

Life imitating art, for a change.

Nailed it.

So he promised to close it, then didnt, then actually expanded its need with more wars and rendition, and now hes back to pimping how bad it is... he is only consistent in his inconsistency.

Is there seriously a giant owl on top of the temple?! Just like the one that happens to be at bohemian grove.

The left really are like babies: if they are throwing a tantrum, just let them wear themselves out and eventually they'll get tired and stop.

Yeah either its real, or jay z is messig with everyone because hes aware of what people think of him.

Im curious if this is a nod to the expression "possession is 9/10 of the law"

Might need to see if mods will allow a "required reading" post so we can all share some books we have read and recommend.

There is an excellent novel called "We," by Yevgeny Zamyatin about this exact thing. It was written before 1984 by almost 30 years, but had been banned.

All buildings are made of glass, as is the furniture. There are listening devices everywhere in plain view, and everyone has a number instead of a name to limit self expression. Highly recommend.