The future seems to them a booby trap buried on the road ahead. “The abjectly poor also are without faith in the future.
They must know how to kindle and fan an extravagant hope.”
“Those who would transform a nation or the world cannot do so by breeding and captaining discontent or by demonstrating the reasonableness and desirability of the intended changes or by coercing people into a new way of life. So, too, an elective doctrine: as well as being a source of power, it must also claim to be a key to the book of the future.” No faith is potent unless it is also faith in the future unless it has a millennial component. “For the hopeful can draw strength from the most ridiculous sources of power- a slogan, a word, a button. “Even the sober desire for progress is sustained by faith-faith in the intrinsic goodness of human nature and in the omnipotence of science.” “It is a dangerous life we live when hunger and cold are at our heels.” “Those who are awed by their surroundings do not think of change, no matter how miserable their condition.” “All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action all of them, effectiveness of Communist, Nazi and nationalist doctrine die basically for the same thing.” Most Important Keywords, Sentences, Quotes:
The last part talks about the three stages of a mass movement: early stage where men of words lead, the middle stage where the fanatics take over, and the later stage where practical men of action consolidate the movement. This part talks about presenting the future (immediate and distant) as a way to unite people into a single group and ensure that they sacrifice themselves for your cause. Part 3: United Action and Self-Sacrifice.An opposite of a religious fanatic isn’t a fanatical atheist, but a gentle cynic who can’t be bothered with the question about God. This part is about understanding people who can help the cause and they usually look like opposites, but they’re not. This is where Hoffer talks about why mass movements have such an appeal to an individual (the answer is hope, presented and formed in the right way). Part 1 – The Appeal Of Mass Movements.True Believer is a fascinating book that depicts individual behavior inside of a group better than any other book.
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