Fun, join one of BNN program and also have a shot at $ 10,000! With that idea got eight young people not so long ago in a van that took them to an unknown destination in the Netherlands.
But so much was not. Because arrived at the shooting location shows that they have fallen into Dictator, a social TV experiment about freedom. Or rather, the lack thereof. Ten days they then sit - in uniform! - Locked up in a prison and have to do what the "beloved leader" tells them.
What do people do when their freedom is taken away? That question is central to the program. Psychologist Fleur van der Maaten watched along with philosopher Bas Haring along during the Dictator recordings. For professionals a unique experience, says Van der Maaten. ,, In the past, these social experiments and also performed within science, but sitting at this time there more rules and can not much longer. But many may be in the context of a TV program. It is therefore no scientific research, but to study a way to conduct a controlled environment. You do not often get the chance. "
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About what happened in those ten days in the simulated dictatorship can not reveal too much, but that surprised psychologist. ,, People are docile because they are afraid example.This is not new, but I nevertheless again surprised that people now come back fairly quickly in the lines of a dictator. We all think it will never happen to me. You're not mad? And yet we do it. The theme of freedom is pretty touched that way in this program. "
But we would still be susceptible in the Netherlands for a dictatorship? Whether we live too long in freedom? ,, I have to say that I hope that we are not capable of, but I fear that we have, "Van Maaten responding. ,, Because I think basically everyone is susceptible to it. We seem to be all smart people who make their own choices, but we are herd animals who tend to fall into line. "
By: Metro Editors / Constance Amstel Photo: Still from Dictator./Wessel de Groot
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