(April 21, 2018 at 4:56 pm)Macoleco Wrote: As we know, the carteles in Mexico are capable of horrible crimes, such as mutating someone alive.
I have always wondered in what kind of mental state someone needs to be in order to commut such atrocities without guilt. Only option I have considered is that they are sociopaths, but is it possible to have so many sociopaths working together as a group? Do narcos hire sociopaths for the crimes?
This reminds me of the Nazi regime. There were many concentration camps were people was tortured and killed. But these camps were not run mostly by sociopaths but normal soldiers. This makes me think that for you to commit such crimes you do not need to be crazy, but simply dehumanize the target. Is this possible though?
I think it is a very interesting topic, and I would like to listen to your opinions.
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From what I know, dehumanizing the target could often be the case. There are narcos and sicarios walking around that may appear to be normal, functioning members of society but dig a little deeper...
Also, if everyone else (in your gang/ cartel) around you is committing atrocities, I'm guessing you'll become desensitized to it and it becomes easier so to speak to viciously attack other human beings.
-Teresa
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