How did Gustave Le Bon's ideas about crowd psychology influence modern social movements?
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How did Gustave Le Bon's ideas about crowd psychology influence modern social movements?
Did anyone else find Le Bon's explanations about collective behavior convincing or overly deterministic?
What inspired the author to focus so deeply on the psychology of crowds over individual minds?