In Steven
Spielberg’s Schindler’s List (1993), Oskar Schindler tries telling Amon Goeth—a
psychopath lieutenant in a concentration camp—about the notion of fear and
forgiveness and the reality of power.
“They fear us because
we have the power to kill arbitrarily,†Oskar tells him. “A man commits a
crime, he should know better. We have him killed, and we feel pretty good about
it. Or we kill him ourselves… and we feel even better. Thatâ
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