Mob: Are you still in the group?

I've always wanted to read this book since I saw it in the bookstore and put it in a prominent position as a best seller. I have seen two versions successively. The first version is among the best sellers, but the translation is not very friendly, a bit boring and difficult to understand. Then I changed the second version, which was much smoother and more in line with China people's grammar and reading habits.

Le Pen divided groups into heterogeneous groups and homogeneous groups. Homogeneity, as the name implies, is the same characteristics, such as religion, soldiers, doctors or farmers. The author of this book mainly analyzes and discusses heterogeneous groups.

Heterogeneous group refers to a psychological group composed of people with different occupations and different intelligence levels due to the stimulation of something or emotion. Their thoughts and feelings are completely different from those of isolated individuals.

Although many examples in the book come from the French Revolution, many viewpoints now seem completely correct. This paper mainly takes online group as an example.

When the individual is integrated into the group, the conscious personality will disappear and the unconscious personality will dominate. Through hints and the infection of emotions and thoughts, everyone will move in the same direction and have a tendency to put the suggested ideas into practice immediately.

In terms of emotional and moral concepts, groups usually show the following behavioral characteristics:

Groups like to mix things that are different from each other and only superficially similar, and immediately generalize specific things.

What do you mean? For example, if you see a star taking drugs online, you think all the stars are taking drugs. When you see an official taking bribes, you feel that all officials are like this. Seeing someone get divorced, I feel that I don't believe in love.

Just like the recent hot search, "Wuhan cancer patients want to sell their houses and donate their inheritance, and they are charged 200,000 consulting fees 10 day by the law firm". I remember when the news first came out, it was not "receiving" but "cheating". Words such as "terminal cancer", "cheating" and "law firm" were amplified by the media, and netizens exploded instantly. I read the following comments, and the name, address and contact information of the person involved in the case were quickly revealed. Then it instantly spread to the whole industry, saying that "no lawyer is a good person", and this sentiment was quickly infected, and it extended to judges, public security, doctors and so on. Some people said that he graduated from Wuhan University, and then some comments began to attack Wuhan University.

The fact is, if you watch the complete video carefully, you will know that Fan is not a lawyer, but the owner of a law firm. Besides, even if he is a lawyer, does it mean that all lawyers are not good people? Obviously a little ridiculous. As for whether he graduated from Wuhan University, I don't think so.

But the group won't think so much. They may just get angry when they see the headlines. Their first task is not to think about the truth of the information, not to understand the whole thing, to release their emotions first, and then to scold. Anyway, so many people scold me, even if they are wrong, I am not responsible, because the law does not blame the public. Groups are anonymous, so they are irresponsible, so they are particularly easy to indulge themselves.

Groups are not good at reasoning, but good at imagination. What they see, or hear, a person, an event, a painting, can arouse imagination in their minds, make them believe it is true, and then infect others.

On 20 18, the famous host Li Yong and his wife Ha Wen both left CCTV, and many people were puzzled. Later, the media photographed a family of three playing on the streets of the United States. As soon as the news came out, many netizens ridiculed him for immigrating to the United States and being unpatriotic. Some people even call him "fishing and leaving". For a time, public opinion was overwhelming. Even if it has been clarified, netizens will not buy it. They only believe what they want to believe.

Everyone knows what happened afterwards. Li Yong passed away. They didn't emigrate, just went to treat diseases. He would rather be misunderstood than reveal his illness.

Many times, what we see is just the tip of the iceberg. If we had used a little reason, we wouldn't have come to a conclusion so quickly. This is exactly what the group does not have, and it is easy to be hinted, credulous and even infinitely magnified.

The group has religious beliefs, blind obedience, rudeness and intolerance, and a strong desire for propaganda. When there are many people, I even feel that I have unstoppable power and can do anything.

Some time ago, the story about Esther Yu, a student of Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics, was also frequently searched by fans. If you don't know who Esther Yu is, it doesn't matter, just know that she is a slut with a huge fan base. The cause of the incident was that a netizen posted an article on Weibo, and Weibo was rude to Esther Yu. Soon, this article was captured by fans' overwhelming abuse. Although Weibo was deleted soon, the fans were not satisfied. It turns out that the netizen is a student of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. So a large number of fans went to Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics to leave a message, asking the school to severely punish the student and even expel him from school. Some fans also found the internship unit of the students and asked the boss to dismiss.

Later, the official blog of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law quoted a passage from Mob: "The blind obedience consciousness of the group will drown out the rationality of the individual. Once an individual belongs to this group, its original independent rationality will be overwhelmed by the ignorance and madness of the group. "

It can be seen that once an individual belongs to a group, not only will his rationality disappear, but he will even have the illusion of self-expansion and feel extremely powerful. This illusion makes them unconsciously put themselves in the position of judges.

Of course, the above examples are all negative, which is more suitable for the title of Mob.

Individuals may become better after integrating into the group, provided that there is an active leader and mandatory rules. After being hinted by positive energy, the group will be braver and more loyal than isolated individuals.

On the contrary, if left unchecked, it will only get worse in the end.