The Rabble. Reading notes

preface

The book was bought for quality test platform a lot of books, is 5 yuan, the content of the book are roughly scanning, basic not too look, “the mob” this book is the limitation of the time background, under the background of the French revolution, the author conducted a series of criticism for the masses, including personal contribution, weakening the masses to reduce personal ability, And the blindness of the masses and so on. At the same time, the author’s discrimination against women can also be seen from the book. I don’t quite understand why this book is so highly regarded in China, so this reading note will record my personal views.

Recommended level

2 stars: I don’t recommend reading this book due to the elitism and racism of the author. Reading this book can be useful in the spirit of self-awareness and community awareness.

In addition, I really don’t understand why this book is so highly regarded, after reading it, I feel very disappointed.

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The article based on

Here are some fragmentary reading notes:

+ groups are always intellectually inferior to individuals + groups are either worse or better than individuals because of their environmentCopy the code
  • The emotions and morals of the group
    • Impulsive and irritable
      • Poor self-control
      • S is subject to credulity and suggestion
  • Personality cult: a person puts all his thought resources, all voluntary obedience behavior, at the same time into the delusion from the bottom of the heart.
    • Bottom line: a pious person is one who dedicates himself to a cause or a person at all costs.
  • Education does not make people more moral, nor does it make them happier
  • The author argues that life is more capable of producing excellence than theoretical schooling
  • As long as there is a gathering place, there must be a leader
  • Leaders use repeated assertions to infect others
  • What shameless cliches fame can produce

feeling

The point here is that birds of a feather flock together, and if you are a person, you usually belong to a group. There is little doubt about this, and because individuals are equalized in groups, groups tend to be driven by the wind and lose their minds. These examples are countless in life.

The Nazis in World War II exploited the hopes and ignorance of the masses and showed how much a group leader could change a group! But under the various elite teams of the modern times, the masses have unleashed unparalleled power.

About the part of the cult of personality, there are also many in Chinese history, because of the fear of being invited to tea here is not a list, you can search for information (you can see the deeds of Napoleon, under his leadership, the soldiers for the hero of Napoleon’s personality worship), Beethoven once because of the cult of personality and very regret.

A good team may have a good leader or a bad leader. There is no good formula for this, but the author prefers to devalue the leader in the group. In a group must have a clear understanding and positioning, at the same time do not join in the evil. It’s best when everyone’s drunk and I’m awake.

Finally, let’s talk about how leaders use assertions and intelligence to spread rumors. The group releases the good side constantly, so it is very rare to keep sober in a group. If the group does not instill an idea, then more or less people will believe it.

Finally, I need to emphasize that this book is not completely useless. After reading it, I can basically understand why the products are bad but still have a lot of attention. It seems that the things that cannot be popular at all, but there are many people chasing after them. It was all the influence of the mob.

Personal feeling

The book is always saying something that we can all agree on, but I don’t think that what most people think is right is necessarily right.

It can be seen from the book that the author is not completely neutral to look at the problem, there are some “irony” between the lines, some of the conclusions even do not have scientific basis of explanation,

This book just remember to let independent thinking to keep their own sober, at the same time do not be easily swayed by the opinions of others, must have their own views and opinions, so that it is not easy to use.

conclusion

The mob is everywhere in our life. We need to avoid the mob and find the good group, that is, to do the right thing with the right people.

Finally, a lot of books can be bought if there is no too much demand to see, of course, the paper is the kind of copy paper, but the price is very cheap. But the book really isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Finally, to borrow from Douban’s words: After finishing this book, you can also read The Wisdom of Crowds to explain the characteristics of crowds from another Angle, which just complements this book