Prisons, guards, and the manifestation of Evil.

The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment proved that "otherwise good" people can do really horrible things to others. This clip from Democracy Now lacks some political analysis, but as to the psychology of the abuse of power and the effects on prisoners, it lends a little insight into how it all goes down. Well worth the watch, even if you're familiar with the story..

Here's the latest press release from Stanford on the good professor Zimbardo, by the way.