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Start with a cage containing
five monkeys. ( Or a school classroom )
Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of
stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and
start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs,
spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result
all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon,
when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys
will try to prevent it.
Now, put away the cold water.
Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one.
The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs.
To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.
After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to
climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of
the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer
goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes
part in the punishment with enthusiasm ! Likewise, replace a third
original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth.
Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that
are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb
the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the
newest monkey. After replacing all the original monkeys, none
of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water.
Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches
the stairs to try for the banana. Why not ? Because as far as
they know that's the way it's always been done around here.
And that, my friends, is how a company policy begins." (
Or Marxist "PC" brainwashing )
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The
Lemming Effect
Or Why People Are Afraid Of NOT
Being "PC"
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