Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocit…

Bertrand Russell
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Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, p.70, Routledge
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