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Jon Grah's avatar

Not necessarily. When people are in fear, they do all kinds of irrational things. Take this article which helps explain the psychology of how seemingly normal people can be coerced or convinced to do wicked things to their peers/strangers: https://off-guardian.org/2022/09/03/5-psychological-experiments-that-explain-the-modern-world/

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Lex Weiser's avatar

Exactly. Atrocities happen over and over in history, simply because the majority go along with them. https://dystopianliving.substack.com/p/the-psychology-of-compliance

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