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By Karl Menninger MD (1973) 7B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Group-think influences how members will act out.<\/p>\n<p>Group-think provides the illusion of invulnerability, the capacity to ignore warnings and to construct rationalizations (no matter how nutty), the comfort of unquestioned belief in the inherent morality of the group, targets for aggression (Others, whether in-group or out-group), and the Holy Grail \u2013 um, Holy Idol &#8211; of \u201ccorrect thought\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, group-think provides absolution for all atrocities committed under its name.\u00a0 Individuals can commit wrongs as members of a group that they would never have committed as individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Menninger listed examples (101-123).\u00a0 Each of these examples raises, in its own way, the question: Why would individuals want to commit wrongs (as part of a group) that they never would have committed as individuals?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group-think influences how members will act out. 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