If the purge happened in real life...

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What do you think you would do?

For those not in the know, the purge is a film/tv program where American citizens are able to commit all crime for 12 hours, once a year.

I would like to say I would be out there stealing money to set my family for life but I probably would be hiding at home making sure my family are safe.

You?

@AutumnRose1

The stuff I said in that post is in the synopsis and all the descriptions of the TV show, so not any actually spoilers!

Just before anyone shouts at me for spoilers!

I'd take one hell of a long drive. Stop to refuel (without paying mwahahahaha) and then get back home for 7am. Or go hide in the vaults at work.

I would get Cameron for putting us through this ridiculous situation than send strap the following onto a rocket (Trump & Pence, Boris & etc etc etc) prior to that make sure family is safe on an island somewhere

get computer genius to go into tax system so I don't have to fill in blessed tax forms (thank you pp I hadn't thought of that!) @Lulualla

They claimed it helped rid humans of violence. If they were able to be violent once a year, then the rest of the year, people are safer and happier.

Or at least the humans left alive after the last time.

I would spend most of the day in the queue to take out Boris and JRM.

You can't. No Government officials level 10 or over.

Its actually worrying me how well versed contraception is on the rules

I'm in way to deep 😂

Also know I can't have anything over a class 4 weapon.

The series is brilliant though. Highly recommend it.

Yeah im enjoying the series

Nearly finished isnt it?

But how can you ever trust anyone? Ever!!

I'd hide

and leave the lid of the jam and the messy knife on the table

I wouldn't have the skills in reality, but would hack the world's computers to expose corruption.

I'd kill my shit stain of a neighbour (I'd be doing society a favour) but knowing my luck it would be 5 mins after purge ended !!!!!

I'd be abroad till it was over, and would hire security for the house. Then I'd emigrate, with all my family, to somewhere that didn't purge!

I would spend most of the day in the queue to take out Boris and JRM

That would be a LONG queue!

I’d garrotte the twat of a planning inspector who overruled the council, ignored hundreds of objections from local people and gave permission for a housing estate to be built outside my front window.

I asked my DH and he said 'drive at 32 in a 30' 🤣

Big rule breaker your dh Hush

Take out my rosary beads and start praying!!

Do we really think most people would want to be violent and its only the law stopping them?

I would stay home with my doors locked and curtains closed, fairly sure I'm not offensive enough for anyone to want to kill me

Yes I honestly do.

Look at the Stanford prison experiment.

I think I'd be in hiding.

As it stands, I think most people don’t want to be violent.

We are growing up knowing what is right and wrong

But say the purge existed and children grew up knowing that once a year they were free to kill.

Murder to them will be nothing

The Stanford prison experiment is a bit different though, in terms of the psychology of it.

For that scenario to play out the way it did, was because they told one group "you're prisoners" And they told the other group "you're in charge". They had very defined roles; being told that they were more important than the other group, they were superior, they matter more, they can do what they like to 'those people' because they're just prisoners.
It got out if hand really quickly, and the behaviour was shocking. But one group totally submitted and the other group enjoyed controlling them. Without those cry defined groups of, essentially, human and subhuman, would those people have been as quick to act in the same way?

Quite possibly yes. Simply being told "you're allowed" might be enough for normal, sane people to go all out. But I think they need to be pointed at a group of people and told "they aren't like you. They're below you. You can go ahead and do what you like". I think you need that protection, to be able to tell yourself that those people are less than you are so deserve it.

I’d hide in plain site. Get caught up nearish the back of a large shopping centre riot.

Much better than hanging about at home/in the woods for a murdering psychopath.