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Mass movements hold followers by offering refuge from a meaningless individual life, not by doctrine
Drawn from what Eric Hoffer said
What Eric Hoffer actually said
- Eric Hoffer Longshoreman and social philosopher (1902 to 1983
A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness and meaninglessness of an individual existence.
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↗The True Believer (Harper & Row printing of the 1951 book)archive.org
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