There's a great old documentary about soldier training that makes the same point very well. Basically, soldiers are conditioned to do all kinds of arbitrary thi

There's a great old documentary about soldier training that makes the same point very well. Basically, soldiers are conditioned to do all kinds of arbitrary things on command so that it will override their natural aversion to danger / causing harm in the field. It's on YouTube but I'm not sure if there's a better quality version somewhere else: War: Anybody's Son Will Do https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P_G2u1RrLOk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P_G2u1RrLOk I haven't watched this since high school but it stuck in my mind.