They ask themselves "Is anyone else paying attention to him?" And when the answer is "No" they pay no attention to me either. Simple as that!
This is not the way it was 300 years ago - when Americans were not afraid of expressing their own opinions - in writing, that was published in a huge number of places, large and small.
What happened to these fearless writers? A lot of things, such as those summarized in The Sociological Imagination, by C.Wright Mills. That I just downloaded this morning.
People now exist in the mass - not as individuals. And they think in the mass also. As one superbeing.
If they want to know what is going on - they turn on their Television, and soak up what it is telling them. Far too much for them to understand consciously - so it goes directly into their unconscious minds, and stays there.
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