Why are People so Obedient? – Compliance and Conformity | Video

Collective illusions play a critical role in the rise and solidification of tyranny. These illusions of consensus lead many of us to censor our real opinions, and to comply with socially destructive agendas and ideologies.

Herd mentality and conformity.
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Humanity’s inclination to go along with what we think is the consensus makes the masses vulnerable to propaganda and easily manipulated.

This video explores why publicly conforming to what we privately disagree with makes us complicit in tyranny, and why each of us has far more power to influence society than we have been led to believe.

“Collective illusions are social lies. They occur in situations where a majority of individuals in a group privately reject a particular opinion, but they go along with it because they (incorrectly) assume that most other people accept it. The result is a pernicious, self-fulfilling prophecy.”

— Todd Rose, Collective Illusions.