What is the danger when a group blindly follows a government that knowingly lies to its people for its own benefit?
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There can be dangers as we negotiate our way into new social roles, ... group about how certain people are supposed to ... a herd mentality (the tendency to blindly follow the direction your group is moving.
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Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs.[1] This causes the group to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation.[2][3]
Groupthink is a construct of social psychology, but has an extensive reach and influences literature in the fields of communication studies, political science, management, and organizational theory,[4] as well as important aspects of deviant religious cult behaviour.[5][