And yet how many people got drunk with the power to lord it over their neighbors? How many people in East Germany reported their brothers, sisters, and friends to the Stasi? Give sheep power, and a lot of them turn evil really fucking fast. Then when there might be consequences, suddenly it's "not most people, most of us are sheep!"
Log in
They started it, set the rules, and now they are breaking them and getting canceled.
Who is "they"? Most people aren't political radicals, but they do get plenty of sheep to follow them.
The brainless sheep following orders of their leaders.
And yet how many people got drunk with the power to lord it over their neighbors? How many people in East Germany reported their brothers, sisters, and friends to the Stasi? Give sheep power, and a lot of them turn evil really fucking fast. Then when there might be consequences, suddenly it's "not most people, most of us are sheep!"
"The Banality of Evil" may interest you.
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/hannah-arendts-lessons-for-our-times-the-banality-of-evil-totalitarianism-and-statelessness/