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By joining an organised crowd a man descends several rungs on the ladder of civilisation
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- Gustave Le Bon French social psychologist (1841 to 1931)
Moreover, by the mere fact that he forms part of an organised crowd, a man descends several rungs in the ladder of civilisation. Isolated, he may be a cultivated individual; in a crowd, he is a barbarian—that is, a creature acting by instinct.
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↗The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1895; English translation, 1896)gutenberg.org
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