Bullying – Gross and Subtle

This is social engineering at work = obedience and zero tolerance. Bullying – or the pecking order – is what animals do when they feel entitled.

Give someone a title and a ‘uniform’ and, as human nature is governed by fight, flight or freeze, abuse follows, especially when they have immunity. We’ve seen this throughout history, and abuse of power at every level is still prevalent today – and authorised. There is a constant experiment to maintain power over humanity.

Here are three examples of power and obedience in action:

The Solomon Asch experiment:
The Asch conformity experiments were a series of studies directed by Solomon Asch looking at if and how individuals yielded to or defied a majority group, and the effect of such influences on beliefs and opinions.

The Stanley Milgram experiment:
Participants were told to administer increasingly powerful electric shocks to another individual. Unbeknownst to the participants, the shocks were fake and the individual that they believed was being shocked was an actor. The majority obeyed, even when the individual being shocked screamed in pain.

Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment:
This found that participants quickly internalised their given roles, and began to exhibit extreme and abusive behaviours. The study highlighted the power of social roles and the influence of situational factors on human behaviour.

These experiments all show how easily humanity complies; they exemplify fight and freeze, while the flight aspect is seen in those who choose to walk away.

The introduction of non-existent ‘thought-crime’ into societies is an indication of a lack of tolerance which inhibits the manifestation of the higher functions of compassion.