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Jan 2022
45m 15s

Mob Psychology with Dr Mattias Desmet

ROBERT KENNEDY JR
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Mass formation also known as mob psychology or crowd psychology, is the study of how individual behavior is influenced by large group of people.

RFK Jr discusses mass formation in this episode with Dr. Mattias Desmet, author of "The Psychology of Totalitarianism.”

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