This is a terrible article, and written like someone ranting almost randomly over his bullying experience as a kid. Does the author really believe that bystand

This is a terrible article, and written like someone ranting almost randomly over his bullying experience as a kid. Does the author really believe that bystanders don’t join in because “comic books“ propagate the notion that people who step in will get bullied? If anything, comics encourage the opposite, that good people stand up for those that can’t. Or that kids noticed that no one wanted to step in for Edward Snowden and that’s why they don’t help bullying victims? That is literally the dumbest thing I’ve read in a long time. It’s literally animal instinct not to get involved unless there is some edge. It even happens in the animal kingdom, when lions attack Cape buffalo. Even though the lions are outnumbered 100:1, it’s the Cape buffalo that area afraid. Fear is an easy way to control large swaths of people. Just look at China. How else can a government keep almost 2 billion people in line?