From Truth to Justice – Beat the Drum, Connect the Dots

A concluding reflection on how scattered truths reveal systemic injustice—and why persistence, clarity, and conscience must prevail.

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A final reflection connecting the truths across this site—revealing patterns, exposing systemic failure, and beating the drum for justice and accountability.

One Drum, Many Voices: Toward a Conscience-Driven Society

UK Post Office Scandal: Blame the person or the place?

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2 mei 2025
00:00 – Start
01:36 – The Formula
04:30 – Adorno vs Milgram
07:40 – The Risks: Blaming the person
09:43 – The Risks: Blaming the place
11:28 – The Solution
13:49 – My lingering worry
18:24 – Final Thought

Summary of video:
This wasn’t a video I originally planned, but I wanted to make it for those of you patiently waiting for my next deep dive into the UK Post Office scandal. In this one, I’m bringing more psychology into the mix to explore a central question raised by so many testimonies at the inquiry:

👉 Was the scandal caused by terrible people—or a terrible place to work?

From my work in critical psychology, I use one of the most powerful ideas in social psychology—Kurt Lewin’s formula: B = f(P, E)—to unpack this question. That means behaviour is a function of both the person and the environment. And if we ignore either side of the equation, things can go seriously wrong.

I compare the views of two influential psychologists: Stanley Milgram, who said people obey authority because of the situation they’re in, and Theodor Adorno, who argued that some people have authoritarian personalities that make them more likely to commit harm. One blamed the system, the other blamed the person—and I explore what happens when we focus too much on one or the other.

Then, I bring it back to the Post Office scandal—specifically to Paula Vennells, Tim Parker, and others in power. Were they victims of a broken system? Or did they create the system that broke so many lives?

In this video, I share a small revision to Lewin’s formula that shifts how we think about responsibility and helps us see why people in power can’t just blame the system—they are the system.

If you care about justice, accountability, or just want to understand how psychology helps us make sense of scandal, corruption, and wrongdoing, this one’s for you.

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