. @anneapplebaum invokes the Milgram experiment here, and, frankly, for a while now I've looked at the last four years as posing the question of what voltage do you have to be asked to turn the dial to before you look up and say, "What is this? What the hell am I doing?" https://twitter.com/jeffreygoldberg/status/1330849867489533954

What made me look at it this way was that I had the opportunity early this year to read galleys of this book by Amherst psychology professor @SandersonSpeaks. It explains why people do and don't stand up for what they should know is right. https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Act-Turning-Bystanders/dp/0674241835

I thought a lot more people would finally turn the voltage dial off and step up from the table this year. I was wrong.