It&#x27;s even more insidious than that.  Some people in positions of power <i>are compelled to</i> imitate socially-acceptable behavior as defined by popular media to the point where it requires active resistance to oppose the act of torture.  See for example &quot;Normative Social Influence&quot;[1] and &quot;Moral Conviction and Resistance to Social Influence&quot; [2].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Normative_social_influence" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Normative_social_influence</a>
[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uic.edu&#x2F;labs&#x2F;skitka&#x2F;public_html&#x2F;OppTorture.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uic.edu&#x2F;labs&#x2F;skitka&#x2F;public_html&#x2F;OppTorture.pdf</a>