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#CrowdPsychology

Crowd decides the History:

Throughout history, countless dynasties and civilizations that rise and fall. These changes in historical direction are often the result of human forces. The cycle of a crowd overthrowing current regimes and establishing a new one… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

A crowd is not just a gathering of people, rather a group of people sharing the same sentiment. French Philosopher Gustave Le Bon argues that, when people come together as a crowd, their individual intelligence and characters are compromised. Instead, they form a collective mind… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

In modern society, people like to belong identify themselves with different groups, such as music, ethnicity, and political agenda. When a group’s core belief is challenged, its fervent members would sometimes retrieve to violence and other extreme methods to defend their views.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

With the simple access to massive unfiltered information thanks to the Internet, it is easier to manipulate a crowd than ever. This is especially noticeable during election season. Hackers, politicians, and their avid supporters would conjure up simple yet ridiculous rumors about… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Now how do u persuade a crowd:

Gustave Lebon explains that

Le Bon provides three key
characteristics for leaders of crowds to convince the masses of their narrative.

Affirmation: pure and simple messages that are free of reasoning and proof
Repetition: incessant repetition… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The idea which unites a crowd is not chosen by a process of clear reasoning and examination of evidence. crowds accept beliefs and ideas superficially and utilize them as fuel for revolutionary action.

When an individual becomes part of a crowd, according to Le Bon, he undergoes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

With such a psychological transformation, an individual no longer lives for himself, but instead becomes a pawn who sacrifices his own personal ends and goals in favour of those of the crowd. In a crowd every sentiment and act is contagious, and contagious to such a degree that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

LeBon argues that In the modern day one can see how invigorated and rejuvenated crowds become when they hear a leader pronounce that a cause is being fought in the name of freedom, peace, or prosperity. Once these words are proclaimed the members of the crowd nod their heads in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Le Bon put forth the following explanation: “…our savage, destructive instincts are the inheritance left dormant in all of us from the primitive ages. In the life of the isolated individual it would be dangerous for him to gratify these instincts, while his absorption in an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The 20th century psychologist Carl Jung reiterated this idea:

“…if people crowd together and form a mob, then the dynamisms of the collective man are let loose – beasts or demons that lie dormant in every person until he is part of a mob. Man in the mass sinks unconsciously to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

#CrowdPyschology is a very important part of understanding #MassFormation which is happening globally today. This is how you psychologically motivate & manipulate the crowd into believing something & putting into action destructive acts which is know as #MobPyschology

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