The herd is prone to mass hysteria

Twetch ·

The herd is prone to mass hysteria

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Twetch ·

In german there is the word "Kadavergehorsam".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kadavergehorsam

Twetch ·

Interesting. Who do you refer to as "the herd".
Your fellow citizens perhaps??
Of which you are inherently one.
We cannot separate from each other without help. Who is your "blind" helper??

Twetch ·

The herd is our default setting.
It is in all of us to the degree that we allow it.

To overcome the herd in ourselves a process of individuation has to be initiated.

This process involves facing ourselves, facing fears and evaluating our irrationality.

Twetch ·

To clarify:

I don't use the term herd as an insult.
There is nothing wrong with being a happy member of a herd and loving the shephard.

Twetch ·

I guess you replied to the wrong post. It's not me, who tries to separate people. I only mentioned the word "Kadavergehorsam". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://twetch.app/t/5c2c9e39d85c2278761d4ee2c550c5258e99a4e0cff70f78cddcc3a63c771c36

Twetch ·

Awww bro!

Bad News: U missed a great opportunity to make the money from future lookups of this great word!

Good News: We forgot the VERY essential (esp. for this word) audio pronunciation, so we left our flank open to be bested

Twetch ·

We do have the bias towards self preservation and many accept their "flight" reflex as normal. Is this the reference you were intending?

Blind obedience as in the word referred to by @16322 is something many accept, as taught by society and government.

Twetch ·

Not sure whether this is intended for me,
if so please clarify or check my profile for posts about the herd and mass hysteria.

There's a whole string of posts and links about it.

Twetch ·

Ahhh. Wildebeest of course.