[Once they gain a certain level of acceptance, mass delusions can spread like wildfire.] They're contagious, as with clothes fashions, ... Lots of people quite like to be in the swim, running with the herd, as it were. There's something comforting about the idea that you're not alone, especially if people do feel atomised in some way. It is probably very reassuring to have that, even if it is often delusory.
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mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions. FRANCIS BACON There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
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To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
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