You don't understand how devastating fear and rage can be, and how quickly religion and civilization and human decency are forgotten when a mob forms.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fear and rage cause people to abandon morality and civilization quickly in mobs.
- In plain terms
- When people mob together in fear and anger, they forget decency.
- What can you take from it?
- Mass panic and rage override civilized behavior.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes people lose their manners?
- How do you handle anger in crowds?
Another view
Not every group gathering in anger loses its humanity.
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