Every now and then I would get into a discussion about how I express my discontent in the human species. This, I find, is a very nice example of my point of view. Here, read it, I’ll give you a pop-quiz every now and then.
"... The Third Wave was an experimental demonstration of nazism movement undertaken by history teacher Ron Jones with sophomore high school students attending his Contemporary History class as part of a study of Nazi Germany. The experiment took place at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California, during first week of April 1967. Jones, unable to explain to his students how the German populace could claim ignorance of the extermination of the Jewish people, decided to show them instead. Jones started a movement called "The Third Wave" and convinced his students that the movement is to eliminate democracy.The fact that democracy emphasizes individuality was considered as a drawback of democracy, and Jones emphasized this main point of the movement in its motto: "Strength through discipline, strength through community, strength through action, strength through pride".
The experiment was not well documented. Of contemporary sources, the experiment is only mentioned in Cubberley High School student newspaper "The Cubberley Catamount". It is only briefly mentioned in two issues, and one more issue of the paper has articles about this experiment, but without much detail. The most detailed account of the experiment is an essay written by Jones himself some six years afterwards. Several other articles about the experiment exist, but all of them were written after a considerable amount of time had passed.
The 1981 TV special The Wave and the 1988 book The Wave and the 2008 German movie Die Welle were based on the experiment... "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave
There are tons of psychological experiments that prove how gullible, guidable and easily modifiable humans are. They can be manipulated, shaped and even tricked into believing that each one is a unique individual.
I shall post more articles here as I find them, so that I can refer them to my nice friends; most of whom prefer not to read, but somebody else telling them the gist of things - not unlike a powerpoint presentation of the W.M.D.s in Iraq. You know how to read, just read the darn thing and decide for yourself... rats.