The Ease of Turning Kids into Nazis

[Bud Struggle]

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article4620115.ece

The Wave shows how to turn children into Nazis

A hit German film that shows how to turn children into Nazis. And it's based on a real-life Californian experiment that got scarily out of hand...

In Die Welle (The Wave), the setting is present-day. Wenger (Jürgen Vogel) invites his students to participate in an experiment. Put their faith in him and he will deliver a unique insight into the mind-set of a citizen in a totalitarian state. What begins as a playful study in psychological manipulation — a few drills in collective behaviour, time trials in entering the room — soon runs away with itself. By midweek, Wenger is recoiling in horror. His acned darlings have been transformed into an ersatz Hitler Youth — the title’s self-styled “Wave” — complete with uniform, badge, salute and an eagerness to jackboot all nonbelievers. “It isn’t about politics at all,” Gansel says. “It’s more about group dynamics and psychology.”

If you've ever wonder why people fell for that crap, this film explains it.

[Dust Bunnies]

*sigh*

I wish my teacher would do that, I would love to be some revolutionary ;)

On a serious note, that may help give people insight into the Fascist mind.

[Dóchas]

man that is scary!!!!!! why would he do that in the first place?

[danyboy27]

i dont think this explain fascism uniquely, i think its explaining how a totalitarian state work at all.

[Bud Struggle]

i dont think this explain fascism uniquely, i think its explaining how a totalitarian state work at all.

Sure, you could turn kids into Commies just as easily.

[Edit] Make that Soviet Socialists not Communists. :D

[cmbnd10]

I saw The Wave in high school. The original one of course. I highly suggest checking it out. It is a little campy, but what it comes out with is very interesting. You can make anyone a nazi if you put your mind to it.:huh:

[Dean]

I'm guessing you read Escape from Freedom / The Fear of Freedom TomK?

[Dust Bunnies]

So can we begin our own Commie Parties if we become teachers?

[Trystan]

I've seen that movie. Scary stuff.