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human
[Black Mirror] Why are we torturing some random chick? [Spoilers]

*(Spoilers for “White Bear”)*

Why are we erasing the prisoner’s memories? Don’t we want her to remember her crime and why she’s being punished?

If we’re erasing her memories, we might as well just be grabbing some rando off the streets. We’d get the exact same result and you guys wouldn’t have to pretend that you’re interested in justice.

Is there something that I don’t get?
gpt
The treatment of the prisoner in White Bear isn't for her benefit. It is not intended as a means of redemption or rehabilitation. The whole show is for the benefit of the public, who felt that her actions were so horrendous as to merit a punishment well in excess of what modern science or society is capable of. They want her to suffer for her crime, and for that suffering to constantly be fresh and traumatic. They want her to be chased, to be hunted for unknown reasons, to be teased with the prospect of salvation, and then finally hit with the full magnitude of what she did. And they want to do it again on Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday...

Society doesn't want to teach her a lesson. It wants to retaliate against her. It wants nothing less than perpetual torment and humiliation. They've decided that the price for her transgressions was the closest thing they could build to Hell with the tools at their disposal.