“Crowdists love “competition” of a fixed nature, where a single vector determines the winner. They do not like real life competition, including evolution, as it assesses the individual as a whole and does not simply rank individuals by ability. For this reason crowds love both sports events and free market capitalism, as each allow people to gain power according to a linear system. The more time you put into the system with the sole goal of making profit, excluding all else, the more likely it is that you can get wealth – and it can happen to anyone! That is the promise that makes crowds flock to these ideas. It is like the dream of being a rock star, or a baseball hero, or a billionaire: what makes it attractive is the idea that anyone can do it, if they simply devote themselves to a linear path of ascension – one that is controlled by the whims of the crowd. The crowd decides who is a baseball hero, or what to buy and thus who to make rich. Control without control.” CompetitionCrowdsGetting RichCrowdismLinearityProfit Making Book:Nihilism: A Philosophy Based In Nothingness And Eternity Source: Nihilism: A Philosophy Based In Nothingness And Eternity
“Recognition that popularity of an idea has no bearing on its fitness for our collective survival frees us from the tyranny of the crowd, and let us have leaders again, who instead of finding out what is popular and espousing it, find out what is practical and pursue it. Nihilism ends the society of illusions by shattering the power of the Crowd.” CrowdTyranny Of The MajorityCrowdismPopularity Of IdeasSocial Illusion Book:Nihilism: A Philosophy Based In Nothingness And Eternity Source: Nihilism: A Philosophy Based In Nothingness And Eternity