| The impunity that being among others attribute is the basis of the danger of a cro This book is a must read to understand the past, current and future revolutions | this made me think of, for example, an ugly youtube video comment section or an alt-right troll's twitter |
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| 000 Jahren doch, physiologisch betrachtet, kaum merklich weiter entwickelt | ] we call the voices of the dead, and whose power it is impossible to overlook, although we ignore their essence |
it's a pity that crowd psychology, a branch of socia read this for a class and i very much don't recommend! After all the era he lived in, women had not right for formal education and voting.
21| Don't waste your time on this book | Once everyone notices the power of becoming invisible, the only thing visible becomes the crowd |
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| They perfectly had the power to do so | Although it was written 1895, it applies also to our time! For example, why are there so many harmful comments on social media? There are some interesting tidbits of wisdom for politicians running for office on how to sway crowds |
In conclusion, The Crowd still remains an enjoyable, insightful read even after such a long time from its first publication.
| "To pass in pursuit of an ideal from the barbarous to the civilized state, and then when this ideal has lost its virtue, to decline and die, such is the cycle of the life of a people | People in crowds act like 'foules' |
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| I was hoping for some logic and insight into the psychological motivations of the masses and got instead a heap of redundant and unfounded garbage | More than 100 years, this book still describes so perfectly crowd behaviors |
2 Revolutions provoked my crowds happen when a situation is no more in phase with the reality.
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