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Why do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 1 week ago by flamiera@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When it has been demonstrated over and over again, how little they think of anyone beneath them.

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Direct quite from wiki: "I had been conducting research for some years on deindividuation, vandalism and dehumanization that illustrated the ease with which ordinary people could be led to engage in anti-social acts by putting them in situations where they felt anonymous, or they could perceive of others in ways that made them less than human, as enemies or objects,"