• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    Hard disagree.

    Most people become dishinibited in enthusiastic crowd enviornments. They become more suggestible, trusting.

    Its a huge part of how group religious gatherings work.

    A large concert is in many ways a secular, mass ritual gathering.

    I think you could do something like this a considerable number of times.

    How many people ‘let loose’ and do something they wouldn’t otherwise normally do, at a concert?

    All of those people would be likely to both keep attending these kinds of events and also fall for the exact same schtick, unless or untill a very, very broad social backlash essentially shamed them into not doing so.