Mateo D
Mateo D
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

Of course others have also since described this phenom, and it is a fascinating subject, but yeah, going all the way back to Eric Hoffer, in the very early 50’s no less… good call! And there was really a surprising amount of other highly influential stuff that came out of that era as well. Though I’m still trying to figure out which comes first, either that sense of ‘meaning’ it provides the True Believer, or if it’s because it furnishes ’em with a nice, tidy and pre-packaged sense of “identity” that captures “who they are” (sorta like ‘therapy’ on the cheap)! Or maybe we’re just sayin’ the same thing in different ways.

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