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Earlier on GAG I asked a question if everyone are capable to become terrorists, torturer, pro-genocide etc. Now I'm asking you if you think you could participate in a genocide directly without feeling bad or your conscience attacking you if given the right circumstances. With that I mean you're watching people dying in front of you and you're actually physically attacking (and killing + torturing) them, not only signing documents. You may work in camps. #Evil #Evilness

My Opinion:
I guess the majority of us; ca. 80 - 90% could easily participate in genocide if given the right circumstances and that over 60% wouldn't get attacked by their conscience. Why I think so is because of humans aren't only naturally and nurture wise capable to do good, but also bad because of it's how the human nature works. Often doing evil or bad is easier than doing good - especially in certain circumstances. It can even be very tempting to do it.

That doesn't mean you've to be evil or have evil intentions. You may do it because of you think you're protecting your family and loved ones from these people in addition to associate it with survival, food on the table etc. These people you kills can be any kind of humans you're thinking is a threat. People participating in genocide doesn't always see the killed ones as human beings and it's not always they sees bodies with arms and legs standing in front of them. Sometimes they sees something entirely different because of that's what the brain is trained to see and think.

Especially if you've read propaganda. Any people would be able to stop seeing a person as a human being and having person hood if they dehumanize the person enough. People who participated in genocide in the past were often not psychopaths or sociopaths, but normal well functioned healthy human being followed their human nature. It's natural to have empathy, but natural to not have it too if you thinks the killed ones are bad.

Example ideologies or opinions. Like communism, nazism etc. Please explain Why. #Ideology #Poll #Hitler #Nazi

My opinions:
I do understand communism without thinking it's what we should go for. It's a sugar sweet fairy tale ideology that wants to get rid of poverty, social class etc. But at the same time it's unrealistic because people would always love freedom and be greedy. People loves money. Forcing someone won't improve or get rid of the problem. Social-democracy works better. Stalin, Mao and Lenin had unrealistic ambitions. So did K. Marx have. Too optimistic I suppose. I'd rather have an evil, but realistic leader with good result than a leader with good intentions, but with unrealistic and bad results. Not everyone knows human nature.

When it comes to Nazism; one of the ideologies I'm most disagree with I also do kinda understand it after watching a few documentaries about Nazis although it seems like the most evil ideology in the world. Sometimes bad things happen in your country like an economic crisis and other countries not wanting to work together with your country, and you need someone to blame. If there are many rich and successful people from a specific group, then it would "make sense" to blame them and try to steal their wealth. The communists were real Robin Hood, while the Nazis were fake Robin Hood. They all wanted to take the money from the rich and spread it to the poor. The Nazis gave the poor Germans jobs like participating in war and all these gross stuffs, while the communists wanted all to share.

Humans have a natural violent nature, so sometimes it feels good for someone to take revenge on people too. It's not good, but people still have these urges. In addition, if you're convinced someone aren't humans or living being with feelings, killing them aren't difficult regardless if there are fetuses or born people. Your brain won't register their body language in pain if convinced.