Zimbardo’s words

Please reflect on Zimbardo’s words: ex- what does it mean, what is he saying, why is he saying this

“The barrel is the barrel I created by my prison -- and we put good boys in, just as in this Iraqi prison. And the barrel corrupts. It's the barrel of the evil of prisons -- with secrecy, with no accountability -- which gives people permission to do things they ordinarily would not” … "This was over a two-month period, This was not one day. I bet it was like my study, where each day it escalated, it got worse and worse and worse. Here's where hell becomes the ordinary situation. "

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