Reddit reviews Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View

This book is Milgram′s vivid and persuasive explanation of his methods.

The book describes experiments which show clearly how Americans were no different to the Nazis when it came to taking orders.

And his conclusion rings as loud and clear today as it did in 1972, when he wrote the book, that no one can be free unless they are prepared to be disobedient to authority.

Can you not remember the Holocaust, Kent State, Operation Northwoods, or the My Lai Massacre? The former further proves how easy it can be for a commanding officer to convince its soldiers to do his immoral deeds. And please dont paste that silly Amazon link US_Ranger. Yes it was easier for them to rationalize being foreign and labeled "terrorists" but what about Kent State? History is speckled with examples of the powerful using violence to pacify the majority.


US_Ranger, everytime someone brings up a valid argument that you disagree with, you automatically paste that silly link to a book. While this book definitely has valid points - it is easier for a foreigner to be labeled a "terrorist" and thus much easier to rationalize the kill. THIS IS TRUE and if you were to read any of the responses you got to posting such a silly response (which by the way you could have posted something that one wouldnt have to buy and get shipped to read up on your counter-argument, this is just terrible debating tactics) all their responses agree with you and offered why this may not apply.

But the point is IF the situation EVER were to occur where the military was forced to come into contact with its citizins (which is very likely with OWS) then the commanding officer could ARGUABLY be able to convince his men to move in with extreme force especially if you had to ability to warn loved ones. We have seen this happen already. Substitute the police, who swore to the same principles as the military. The police have already used arguably over-excessive force. And once again, IF a situation were to arise where the military would take over for or join with the police to suppress unruly OWS protestors, this situation would obviously be VERY dire and in the eyes of the govt would require even more excessive force!


In fact, I'm going to counter-argue your silly Amazon counter-argument link with another silly Amazon link. BAM! Oh an even another book!
Buy them up quick, and make sure to select overnight shipping so we may continue our conversation!