A self-educated longshoreman wrote one of the insightful and interesting books on the subject of the individual and the crowd ever written. Eric Hoffer wrote The True Believer published 1951 was a rumination of how and why individuals abandon themselves to movements and how these can border on the fanatical. One could say much of the celebrity culture is also predicated on an understanding of the concepts in his work.
Given the level of frustration of the American voter in this election year the danger of becoming a "true believer" is great no matter which candidate one is "following."
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