The Third Wave (experiment)
One of my high school English teachers showed us the movie this was based on. It definitely had an effect on me. I do believe, unfortunately, that most people are sheep and would go along with and get swept up in a popular movement like Nazism. But too many people focus on the particular ideology of Nazis rather than the mechanics of the social movement itself. One could easily imagine a modern movement with completely different outgroups than who the Nazis targeted, that may not even be considered offensive to ostracize today, and a good number of people would go along with it and get swept up in the emotions and the frenzy of it all.<p>A modern example that absolutely concerns me is the Sunrise Movement: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sunrisemovement.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sunrisemovement.org&#x2F;</a><p>&quot;We&#x27;re building an army of young people to create millions of good jobs and stop climate change in the process.&quot;<p>Building an army? Check. Recruiting young, impressionable people? Check. Strong symbolism and personal sacrifice for &quot;greater good&quot; moral overtones? Check.<p>Yeah, if I had to guess the next Nazi movement will be in the name of fighting climate change or some other quixotic mission like that. As HL Mencken said, &quot;the desire to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it.&quot;