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Thu Dec-15-05 08:33 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 08:43 PM by punpirate
... Eric Hoffer said it a long time ago in The True Believer. His notion of the psychology was that the true believer thinks of his own life as wasted and irredeemable by his own efforts, and seeks to find redemption by identifying with and carrying out the wishes of charismatic leaders.
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