Curiously I’m still a big believer in the wisdom of crowds. Crowds behaving badly is almost never organic, and almost always the work of elites trying to undermine rival elites. Crowds are naturally wise and have to be forged into massed stupidity by removing structure.
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From Edmond Taylor in The Fall of the Dynasties (see image) Framing it this way, a revolutionary mob is an archaic society hijacked by charismatic leadership.pic.twitter.com/edU3UBoOUq
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The question I would pose is: in any 'crowd', with the only constraint being that it comprises some sufficient large number of participants, is there any scenario where 'charismatic leadership (cl)' will not eventually develop? I prefer 'cl' to 'elites', though 2 has traits of 1.
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What's the power play behind the hk protests?
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