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Adorno's characterization of Germans was all well and good. But Americans rationalized: "We are different; we won WW II!" Milgram proved otherwise by powerful, scientifically-well-designed, experiments.

• Milgram found: Authoritarianism is prevalent among Americans—65-85% of us are Authoritarians.
• Milgram identified eight Authoritarian behaviors that are compatible with Adorno’s six.
• Adorno and Milgram both captured the aggression in Homo sapiens.

Few Americans were/are aware of the depth of these critical studies. The next few pages expand on Milgram's findings.

From Wikipedia: "Most likely because of his controversial Milgram Experiment, Milgram was denied tenure at Harvard..." This was/is a societal problem. As a society, America was/is in denial.

Our denials: "We are not like Germans, and certainly not like Hitler." Our national denial was massive; we on this site were part of it--naive, innocent. Violence is our history; it is time we came of age.

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