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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

It seems that I have written two similar articles (imagine that). I do this a lot, as I have different things to say about the same topic. So forgive me. The other article "Stark Raving Mad" won't be out until January, so enough time will have passed. I hope you all enjoy both of them!! ("enjoy" is not the right word, but you know what I mean...)

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Gwaihir's avatar

Your article prompted me to pull a book from my shelf and re-read my highlights. There are too many to quote here, but if anyone is interested, the book is: The Crowd - Extraordinary Popular Delusions. Twin Classics of Crowd Psychology by Gustave Le Bon and Charles MacKay.

"When the structure of a civilization is rotten, it is always the masses that bring about its downfall."

The isolated individual thinker is in the minority. The voice of one crying in the wilderness who is rarely listened to. Our fate, as always, is in the hands of the willfully blind, stupid, obedient, cowardly sheep.

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