The Banality of Evil: How Ordinary People Do Terrible Things?

In this deeply thought-provoking video, we explore the disturbing concept of 'the banality of evil,' coined by philosopher Hannah Arendt after witnessing the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Arendt's work forces us to confront the truth that even ordinary people can commit monstrous acts when they surrender their critical thinking and moral compass. We'll examine how systems can corrupt, the dangers of blind obedience, and the importance of cultivating empathy, questioning authority, and maintaining our individual responsibility in a complex world.
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[@charleskesner1302]

She speaks to us today. Thanks.

[@suzettespencer]

Mind blowing. Thank you. I used to see this in my own workplace before I was removed.

[@Ravenelvenlady]

Stanley Milgram's social experiment, which he wrote about in the book Obedience To Authority, demonstrated how this banality of evil can come about.

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

Never forget Solomon Ashe and his "conformity to the majority" experiments with line lengths or the famous prisoner/guard Stanford experiment of Philip Zimbardo that had to be called off because of the "Lord of the flies effect" when the guard students started to identify with their assigned roles and began harming the prisoner students, each taking on the assumed role! The so-called authorities today know very well what psychological effects they have on people under this hierarchical system.

[@astaneidenisa]

"Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating."
- Simone Weil

[@elainefell7943]

Thank you so very much for writing that quote - it is wonderful.

[@astaneidenisa]

@@elainefell7943 You're very welcome. Although her legacy is controversial, I find some of her ideas truly compelling

[@K-Arya]

The most needed concept to be talked on mainstream in today's time... Without this concept pushed to main stream thinking, the world will again become a piece of shit place gradually, like it was during the last millennia..

[@SkyRied1]

Not "will". It is already. Mainstream media and mass media doesn't care and neither want to push concepts like this upfront.
There's alot to be said but if I would link back to this video, I'd say that our politicians (who are just puppets), school (at any level), mainstream media and mass media just wants obedience, numbing of our thoughts, following orders as we are told, finally creating or participating in the "banality of evil" ourselves.

[@K-Arya]

@@SkyRied1 indeed right, it's so sad to see people say things like, whatever the courts decide(as if god is making judgement), its written in the constitution(as if it has got mega brain and calculated the best on behalf of all of us), giving god like respect to authorities like police, officers, etc even if they are utterly and openly crossing every limits of basic decency... Its sad the problem is so widespread, out open in the daylight and everyone once in their lifetime have directly or indirectly experienced it, yet nobody is able to split the dichotomy... I think the fear subtles their instinct and they don't want/can to fight a battle just for a cause...

[@K-Arya]

In simple words a monarchy-hangover... People want to remain the same damm people 😊

[@nicolasdelaforge7420]

evil" then is just "my good" - Milton may have explained the notion of "evil". My good that cancels the consequences on others. I know drone operators - they just do it. It's the machine in them. They're the apparatus.

[@stianmyhre8540]

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[@arturodiaz1063]

Like Israel is doing right now in Gaza.