Journal Marxist Hacker 42's Journal: Lack of Patience (or time to turn evil) 2
In The Lucifer Effect, Prof. Zimbardo states that the time needed for good people to go evil in his experiments on prisoner/guard relations was a mere 36 hours; and in the invasion/occupation simulation was a mere 48 hours. I have to wonder if Reagan's military invasions, which were relatively successfull compared to the Bush military invasions, were successfull merely because they stayed below these limits?
Seems to me... (Score:1)
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The guards in Abu Gharib weren't invadees. Nor were the multiple cases of specific units just getting fed up with the whole thing and shooting up neighborhoods and weddings.
I don't think our problem in Iraq stems from our soldiers turning evil, stemming from being there more than 48 hours. Or am I misinterpreting?
You're not misinterpreting. Our ENITRE problem in Iraq doesn't stem from this- obviously it