What is the collective subconscious of the mob?

The 15 basic points of "The Crowd":

1. As soon as a person joins a group, his IQ is seriously reduced. In order to gain Identification means that individuals are willing to abandon right and wrong and exchange their IQ for a sense of belonging that makes people feel safe.

2. We always have the illusion that our feelings come from our own hearts.

3. We think that we are rational, and we think that every move we make makes sense. But in fact, most of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives that we ourselves have no way of understanding.

4. In the eternal conflict with reason, emotion never fails.

5. Quantity is justice. (For example, the minority obeys the majority).

6. Without tradition, there would be no civilization. Without the slow elimination of tradition, there is no progress.

7. The hero who was supported by the masses yesterday will be insulted today if he fails. Of course, the higher the reputation, the stronger the reaction will be. In this case, the masses will regard the last hero as one of their own kind, and seek revenge for having bowed to an authority that no longer exists.

8. Groups are always intellectually inferior to isolated individuals, but from the perspective of emotions and the actions they inspire, groups can perform better or worse than individuals, depending on the environment. . Everything depends on the nature of the cues received by the group.

9. Because the group exaggerates its own feelings, it will only be moved by extreme feelings. A speaker who wishes to move a crowd must be eloquent, swearing, exaggerating, conclusive, repeating, and absolutely not proving anything by reasoning. These are common speaking techniques used by orators at public gatherings. The public does not have the ability to discern, so they cannot judge the authenticity of things. Many opinions that cannot withstand scrutiny can easily gain universal approval!

10. The blind obedience of the group will overwhelm the rationality of the individual. Once you include yourself in this group, your originally independent rationality will be overwhelmed by the ignorant madness of the group.

11. When a person integrates into society, he loses himself.

12. In the long run, repeated statements tap into deep areas of our unconscious selves, where our motivations for behavior are formed. At a certain point, we forget who the author is of a constantly repeated claim, and we eventually become convinced of it. (Subconscious implantation)

13. Under forced circumstances, we may still be willing to accept all the shortcomings of traditional education, because although it will only cultivate some people who are abandoned by society, dissatisfied Human beings, but at least superficial mastery of complicated knowledge and perfect memorization of piles of textbooks may improve the level of intelligence. But in fact can it really improve intelligence? Impossible! In life, judgment, experience, initiative and personality are the conditions for success, and these cannot be given by books. Books are useful dictionaries to look up.

14. The group may always be unconscious, but this unconsciousness itself may be one of the secrets of its power. In nature, the behavior of creatures that absolutely obey instinct will be so complex that we cannot believe it. .

Reason is a recent addition to human beings. It is too imperfect to reveal to us the laws of the unconscious, let alone to replace it. In our behavior, the unconscious part accounts for a large proportion, and the rational part accounts for a small proportion. The unconscious is still at work as an unknown force.

15. A single person must bear responsibility for his actions, including legally or morally. However, this is not the case for groups. The group does not need to bear any responsibility. The group is responsibility, the group is morality, the group is law, and the group's behavior is naturally reasonable.