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A Crowd (n.) streaming ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in dreams signals violent motions of the unconscious and an incipient dissociation between it and the ego.

A Crowd (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a psyche below the level of its members — at large scale nearer an animal's — which is why the ethics of large organizations are always doubtful.

A Crowd (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where one feels no responsibility, but also no fear; a proposal backed by all, and we too are for it, even if it is immoral.

A Crowd (n.) swallows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the spectator: Alypius, dragged to the games, opened his eyes for one moment and was no longer the man who had come but one of the crowd, drunk with lust for blood.

A Crowd (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a hundred of the most intelligent people is a stupid mob, and ten thousand have the collective intelligence of an alligator — the more guests at a dinner party, the more stupid the conversation.