Vietnam massacres show organizations can make evildoers without top-down orders

Evidence

Yet large segments of the American Army did massacre civilians. So we face the fact that organizations can somehow be subverted or otherwise altered to turn persons within those organizations into evildoers, even when the apex of the organization does not direct this. … The analysis we have constructed so far can be read in the following way. Organizations of a particular type, roughly those concerned with social control, have the unique capacity to turn their members into evildoers. We have a reasonably clear notion of which organizations those are. Our task, therefore, is to be particularly vigilant in monitoring them, so that they do not consciously stray or unconsciously slip into creating evil actions, and in the process, create evildoers. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3991 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Whole organizations can turn members into evildoers without the apex directing it — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3991; Organizations can drift into evil without any member intending it — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3984; Sustained evil actions require organizations to train and reinforce killing — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3900 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Whole organizations can turn members into evildoers without the apex directing it #corroborates (0.97) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3991