I can't imagine how much human evil is lurking in me

Marcel 2022-11-26 15:07:09

At the beginning of the movie, from the bloody killing of animals to the killing of humans. But as an audience watching the film quietly, I always feel that brutal things like killing are in the minority, so I automatically ignore such a depressing part.
Immediately afterwards, a man in the film asked the male protagonist, "Are humans more advanced than monkeys?" The male protagonist is like us, of course, he thinks how can monkeys talk with us in the same way. After that, everyone recruited by high commissions went to the experimental site. More than 20 people were divided into guarded prison guards and detained prisoners. The scientist who organized this experiment was actually premeditated. Through his psychology, he realized that people who want women every month, people who have been scolded for chicken shit, should have potential violent factors in their hearts. So some of these people play the role of prison guards, and these people who are especially kind and docile, etc., will they be wronged in the end? Or rise up? Having these people play prisoners is obviously well-planned. The process of the experiment is also very simple. For two weeks, the two parties acted as guards and guards, and obeyed the five rules at the same time. These five rules are similar to the prison life management system and guarantee that violence will not be used to harm.
The experiment started. Within a few hours, the two parties were peaceful. The prisoners played ball, and they chatted and laughed with the prison guards. However, on the first day of the prisoners playing basketball, a prisoner accidentally smashed the basketball into the face of the prison guard, and a wound was bleeding. Things began to turn from here. Some of the prison guards suggested that the person who smashed the guard should be punished. However, because the prisoner who smashed the guard ignored the guard, it evolved into a punishment for all prisoners. Afterwards, the prisoners felt suppressed, and the guards' sense of self began to swell. This is the beginning of evil. The next day, the prisoners were reluctant to eat food like shit, but by this time the guards had the authority to inflate themselves and ordered the prisoners to eat. At this time, the prisoners began to provoke and threw the vegetables on the prison guards who were beating the rice, and started all kinds of clamor. The guards felt their authority was being challenged, but could not retaliate because of the rules against violence. At this time, the cowardly black prison guard who has been called chicken shit at home, advises others: he once joined a fraternity, and the situation here is similar. Although violence is not allowed, they can be insulted. (The author sighed later, and indeed answered that sentence, once people gather, they will form the strong prey to the weak.) So, revenge began. While the prisoners were sleeping, they brought fire extinguishing agents to the cells and sprayed them fiercely in the face of the prisoners. , sprayed them so uncomfortable that they couldn't open their eyes. At the same time, the male protagonist who took the lead in the trouble was handcuffed to the iron fence. This kind of revenge did not attract the experiment organizers to stop, so the prison guards were more convinced of their authority. Later, the prison guards became more and more unscrupulous. The originally cowardly black prison guards got the pleasure from controlling the prisoners and became unstoppable, becoming the most brutal leader among the prison guards. In the end, one of the prisoners was tortured to death, which angered them. They couldn't bear it. They beat the prison guard with violence. When they almost died, the experiment organizer raised the red alarm and announced the experiment. At the end, everyone regained their original identities in an instant. The camera focuses on the experimenters who have received the money, and the black man who is no longer a prison guard has become a cowardly look. "Are humans more advanced than monkeys?" asked the male protagonist again, who could no longer be sure.
I once heard a friend who works in a detention center say that when a young man first started working after graduation, he followed his master to manage these detainees. But after criticizing the offenders once, I felt a sense of authority, and I felt that I was the manager here. However, afterward, everyone concluded that this was not good for both parties. It was a kind of human suppression for the guards, a kind of complacency, and always servile. For the guards, it will also cause psychological distortions, develop such an inner expansion, how to deal with other people in the society, and how to get along with their families. Most of them are imperative authority, lack of communication, communication and compromise.
Is it the wrong form of correction in prison? Or is there something wrong with the management education methods we use? Where is the problem? In a large environment, the existence of prisons is necessary, but what about the management model? Should it be placed in the perspective of management and being managed? It can be imagined as a genuine helper and a being helped. Help them reintegrate into society and help them drive away their misconduct.
And there are rules everywhere in life, and that is the relationship between the strong and the weak. Bully the weak by the strong, or help each other. There will be people who use the so-called rules to blackmail others. As the weak, do they have to compromise, their cowardice and servility are aroused, to please and flatter, or to see everything clearly and jump out of such rules? If you are wise, you should reflect on yourself from time to time.

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The Experiment quotes

  • Archaleta: Justice is what keeps us safe as a society. Ordered law.

    Travis: Justice is what starts wars. And eye for and eye for an eye. It takes a turning of the cheek for this species to evolve.

    Archaleta: Ah, so you're the one who knows what it's going to take for this society to evolve.

    Travis: I'm just regurgitating what people have been saying for a long time.

  • Nix: Still think we're higher on the evolutionary chain than monkeys?

    Travis: Yeah, 'cause we can still do something about it.