MAGA Bullies Need An Audience
In 1951, psychologist Solomon Asch at Swarthmore College ran an experiment so simple it barely seemed like an experiment at all.
He put a person in a room with seven other people. He showed them a card with three lines on it and asked which line matched the one on the left. The answer was obvious. One line was clearly the same length. A child could see it.
But the seven other people were actors. And every single one of them pointed to the wrong line. Deliberately. Confidently. Without hesitation. One by one, they all chose the same wrong answer.
Then it was the real participant’s turn.
They…
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