What can explain Kamala Harris’ rise from a 28% approval rating — the lowest of any vice president in American history — to her sudden ascension to the lead, essentially overnight? To understand this phenomenon, Bill goes back to Charles Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds and shows how ‘Mass Formation Delusions’ are shocking, mystifying… and temporary.
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UNDERSTANDING MASS FORMATION PSYCHOSIS
POP PSYCH
https://youtu.be/TVVezU8kqFQ?si=I3RISrA-HnnHQ_uj
How Can We End Mass Formation Psychosis? | Mattias Desmet
Aubrey Marcus
https://youtu.be/kc0eIkdLAbA?si=ABcP--2T-r_JHg09
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