Originally Posted by
dougrz
No, not political crowds. Societal crowds. Essentially "mob rule" but in a sophisticated way. Mobs define enemies and issues in single words or slogans. Mobs aren't paralyzed by analysis or indecision or differing opinion. Psych studies have shown mob decisions are ironically more radical and impulsive than you'd expect, given the rule of thumb that too many leaders leads to bickering and breakdown of momentum for a movement.
So the revelation for me was this: how are we literally on the edge of ending the American experiment, voting for lockdowns and certain appeasement and collapse to China, handing away basic freedom to the greens, etc, etc? I've long argued it's the info control the left enjoys. And that's a critical part, the most important part.
But we have for the first time in human history enabled the creation of a super crowd through social media. Its power is unlike anything we've ever seen. And why the old school looking at Biden's physical crowds is the wrong metric.
Where this movement goes, what it defines as the next issue, how thorough the coming Maoist purge is going to be, all stems from the crowd.
Hence the danger is unlike anything we've ever seen. Even I, understanding what has been coming, am underestimating the ravages people on our side will face.
