| Show i Psychology of the Mob Regarding the actions of ot mobs and crowds a writer on psychology says A crowd Is not an aggregation It Is Isan Isan isan an individual mind Impulsive and erratic erratic erratic er er- with Its moral or ethical level generally much below that of minds that have lost their individuality in it The personality of the men In a amob amob amob mob is lost for it is r recognized cognized that back of the avowed causes of human actions are unconscious motives or forces that defy investigation and that th these se are the mainsprings of crowd activity These motives or forces are the common characteristics of the race and in these points people people peo peo- pIc are more alike than In the acquired acquired acquired ac ac- characteristics that come with education These forces are primitive so that crowds are generally incapable of rising risIng rising ris ris- ing above primitive actions And it Is this that explains In part how otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise respectable people will as assist at and even at torture Some of the characteristics of the mob are area a sentiment of invincible power the force of suggestion and contagion The force of numbers and sense of Irresponsibility irresponsibility irresponsibility irre Irre- add to this sense of ot power pow pow- er The soldier In battle is braver and stronger stronger or or more cowardly and panic than stricKen stricken than when thinking In In- dependently By means of suggestion and contagion contagion con con- the Individuals of the crowd are put into a sort of hypnotic state The power of the subjective mind Is seen and the personal will and objective objective objective tive mind disappear for the tho time being being be be- ing Hence mobs are impulsive and mobile They are aroused one orie minute to acts of generosity and heroism heroism and descend the next ext to extreme violence and torture They are credulous believing believing believing be be- lieving things that would be absurd to one outside the sphere of crowd In In- fluence l |
