Forum Post: This answers the ? of why the Censorship on OWS Groupthink
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 9, 2011, 7:32 p.m. EST by owschico
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The majority of the initial research on groupthink was performed by Irving Janis, a research psychologist from Yale University. His original definition of the term was, “A mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive ingroup, when the members' strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action” (Janis, 1972).[2] Since Janis’s work, other studies have attempted to reformulate his groupthink model. 'T Hart (1998) [3] developed a concept of groupthink as “collective optimism and collective avoidance,” while McCauley (1989) [4] pointed to the impact of conformity and compliance pressures on groupthink decisions.
Groupthink is bad!!! Come on People
I said this from day one.
dont need to be a scientist or academic to realize the obvious
that could be why OWS is such a small percentage of the actual population far less than 1%
mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive ingroup, when the members' strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action” THat is this movement to a T. Cant offer solutions unless they are "pre approved and do not involve political solutions" ach haa... Ron PauI
Don't want political solutions and expect their followers to freeze in tents all winter. OWS better start whistling a better tune really really soon. They could come out of this "smelling like a rose" and take it to the next level:
http://thedeclarationofdesperation.wordpress.com/
"This is not a question of politics, of right or wrong. This is a question of intelligence. We must be smart. We enjoy popular support, for now. But to preserve America's good will, we must keep our demands narrow: end the corrupting influence of money in politics. That is something a majority of Americans can get behind. That is something a social movement can achieve. And then, and only then, can the other issues be successfully pursued." the solution isn't difficult but time is rapidly running out. Moon phase tonight? 99% waning. literally!
because the protesters and participants are only the energy. the leadership of OWS has their own agenda, and it's not yours or mine. they control the OWS media, therefor they control the message.
agreed. and their message is that they don't know what to do. I was sent this reply a few days ago from a concerned citizen:
"This is not a question of politics, of right or wrong. This is a question of intelligence. We must be smart. We enjoy popular support, for now. But to preserve America's good will, we must keep our demands narrow: end the corrupting influence of money in politics. That is something a majority of Americans can get behind. That is something a social movement can achieve. And then, and only then, can the other issues be successfully pursued."
the solution isn't difficult but time is rapidly running out. Moon phase tonight? 99% waning. literally!
very cool
yea, he wrote The Declaration Of Desperation: http://thedeclarationofdesperation.wordpress.com/. He was saying the 99% Declaration list of grievances was divisive and i can see his point, but I think it's process is valid
Well FUCK that!!!
And Kalle Lasn the OWS puppeteer knows a shitload about manipulating minds.