"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule". -Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Most of the manipulation the groups in power come from manipulating the masses. This quote from Nietzsche touches upon the subject.

Nietzsche thought that despite the idea that individual people are usually thought as being "crazy", it is kind of common in history to see how degenerate groups of people can get.