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9. Great post..

Wed Jun 15, 2022, 03:20 PM

Jun 2022

My first exposure to the psychology of psychopaths was from Hoffer's 1951 book.

“The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.”

― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

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