Episode 1373 • • 43:24 - 46:37
1373: Mass Formation
Free-Floating Anxiety, Collective Heroic Battle Narrative
According to the mass formation theory, media narratives provide an "object of anxiety" that allows people to channel their free-floating stress into a collective battle. This process creates a new social bond and a state of mental intoxication, making individuals willing to follow strategies regardless of the personal or economic cost.