Lou
I don’t think it has anything to do with age. People of all ages, backgrounds and so forth tend to be very suggestible in large groups. People will do things in large groups that they wouldn’t think twice about by themselves, or in a small group. Woodstock (all of them for that matter) is an excellent example of this. You also see this type of thing on union picket lines. A person who normally wouldn’t harm a fly, surrounded by enough people can be easily talked into picket line violence. I have seen studies of this, and being from a largely unionized area (Detroit, MI, area), see what people are capable of in large groups. It usually only takes one or two people to suggest the idea, then the rest of the group follows along with the crowd.
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