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Some People Need Killing
This episode explores how societies can gradually normalize extreme violence, examining the psychological and social mechanisms that allow dehumanization to take root.
“This episode explores how societies can gradually normalize extreme violence, examining the psychological and social mechanisms that allow dehumanization to take root.”
— Patricia Evangelista, Some People Need Killing
Dehumanization, Political Violence, Moral Erosion, Collective Apathy
If you've ever wondered how a society can gradually accept the unthinkable, this episode illuminates the subtle shifts that erode collective empathy, and this will help you see what to do next.
Patricia Evangelista, a journalist who reported from the front lines of the Philippine drug war, offers a chilling, firsthand account of how a nation can rationalize state-sanctioned violence against its own citizens.