Let me ask you, as we’re passing the time here, how many ordinary people do you think an evil authority would have to order to kill you before he found someone who would, unjustly, out of sheer obedience, just because the authority said to? What sort of person is most likely to follow such an order? What kind of official is most likely to give that order, if it suited his purposes?
The book is free, unless you want a bound copy.
<sigh> why do I think I’ll read this and realize I already know how it goes? I’ve read Milgram and I’ve followed the news of the past 5 years. I’m complete aware that there are millions of people who, willingly if not cheerfully, would kill someone if they were told to do so and the act were contrived to look important. Even if it’s 1 in 100, that’s 3 million people — the population of Kansas or Arkansas.