Gustave Le Bon’s Crowd Psychology - An Obsolete Theory, And A Popular Fable
On the night of June 23rd, a male taxi driver was brutally assaulted by a passenger. The incident was fully recorded by the camera installed on the taxi, which was then uploaded to the Internet on June 24th, causing both fellow taxi drivers and the netizens to feel incredibly frustrated and angry for the victim. But instead of letting the authorities do their job, on the night of the 24th, a self-proclaimed internet detective initiated the witch hunt by claiming that he had managed to pinpoint the identity of the culprit. He brought up a Facebook profile link and phone number of the suspect called N.T. And through that night, the netizen bombarded N.T’s Facebook account and phone number with the dirtiest insults and slanders. And so, on the morning of June 25th, N.T woke up, opened up his phone and had his face blasted by its contents. Hundreds of missed calls and thousands of abusive messages popped up on his phone screen drove him into utter fear, so much that he had to immediately c
On the night of June 23rd, a male taxi driver was brutally assaulted by a passenger. The incident was fully recorded by the camera installed on the taxi, which was then uploaded to the Internet on June 24th, causing both fellow taxi drivers and the netizens to feel incredibly frustrated and angry for the victim. But instead of letting the authorities do their job, on the night of the 24th, a self-proclaimed internet detective initiated the witch hunt by claiming that he had managed to pinpoint the identity of the culprit. He brought up a Facebook profile link and phone number of the suspect ca
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