1. How can movements such as The Wave be defeated?
For movements like the Wave to be Defeated, we have a few answers. One answer could be directly criticizing movements like the Wave, to say things that are against the Wave, for example, and have support from the other members of the opposition. Secondly, an idea can be joining the group, and then all of a sudden have a speech that criticizes the higher levels of the group, and demand that the group ceases its actions against the other group. A third idea can be not joining, because if you do not join a group, you will not be contributing to the mess it makes, like for example, the Wave damaging the relationships between Laurie and David. That is why they broke up, since David was part of the Wave, but Laurie criticized it, for example. Why do they want to join a group that will take away their individualism and rights in the long term? The possible reason could be to protect them from a threat, in the Wave's case, the non-members, and in the case of the Nazis, the communists. Thus, these are the methods that groups such as the Wave can be defeated.2. What does this film say about authority and power?
If one person becomes the sole leader of a group, and has absolute authority over others, he could have good intentions, but where does it turn bad? It turns bad if you encourage people to hurt others, because of some characteristic, like being disabled, or a communist, for example. That could easily damage ones own reputation, but if the person cultivates a cult of personality, and rewards members of the group, for obedience, they could still have "support" from the members of the group. Thus, one can easily grow too authoritarian, and transform into a dictator, like many a person, now in the pages of history, has done. To quote an old saying, "Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely." Therefore, this what the film says about authority and power.
3. What does this experiment say about the cause of the Holocaust?
The question one can pose to this concept is "How could many good German peoples do really horrible things and follow the one that can damage Germany in the long term?" The experiment says that one feels that it is not their fault if they harm someone else, if the group wants that person removed from the face of the Earth, and that it is not their fault, but rather, the group. One proof of that is by the Nazi guard, that even in the present day, has no regrets for the actions that he did, because Adolf Hitler told him to do the killings. So, because of that, if one stable group rises in a country like Somalia, one will want to join, to make the country, like Somalia, stronger, to form a greater Somalia. Therefore, the experiment proves that if one can reward members for obedience, they can follow the party, for fear of punishment.
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