The Wave that Went Too Far
I came across this Tumblr post, someone mentioned about this social experiment conducted by by California high school history teacher Ron Jones in 1967, called The Third Wave. Recently it has gained a decent amount of popularity. It tries to explain how the German population could have accepted the actions of the Nazi regime during the rise of the Third Reich and the Second World War. It was social experiment conducted over 5 days since he found it difficult to explain his senior level Contemporary World History class how the German people could have accepted the actions of the Nazis. He imitated a fascist regime within his class, calling it The Third Wave. It was as real as it got, there was a banner, modes of conduct, ranks and a motto "Strength through Discipline! Strength Through Community! Strength Through Action!" Within the third day there were about 200 followers from other classrooms. Initiation methods followed, the dissenters were banished from class an