The Psychology of Mass Movements (Why Smart People Stop Thinking)

Mass movements don’t start with evil people—they start with ordinary people who stop thinking as individuals.In this episode, AJ breaks down Carl Jung’s warning about mass psychology and connects it to modern reality: cancel culture, algorithm-driven outrage, and identity politics.Why do smart people fall into groupthink?Why does outrage spread faster than truth?And why does every movement believe it’s the rational one?This isn’t about left vs right.It’s about how the human mind behaves in a crowd.Content Note: This episode was created using AI-assisted writing and voice technology. All ideas and editorial direction are human-generated.