Thursday, August 25, 2011

Capitalism and The Stanford Prison Experiment

With the Stanford Prison Experiment in mind, why wouldn't the same attitudes take hold if capitalism is left unregulated? The experiment shows when one group of people is given total control over another, the group in control can't control itself and quickly begins to act horribly toward the other, even blaming the victims for their status and coming up with ways to justify the situation. Being ungoverned means the worst of humanity gets the upper hand and fights to keep it. Those who advocate for unregulated capitalism are arguing in favor of letting the worst of the species be rewarded for that very trait.

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