In this latest instalment from my Dark Side of Your Emotional Needs series I explore our innate human desire for a sense of community and connection, and how it can work against us.

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Video highlights:
00:00 Introduction
00:49 'Fascism': An emotive word!
03:22 Your decisions? Or your tribe's?
05:58 Taking poison instead of medicine...
08:13 Group togetherness: Stay or die!
12:25 The danger of leaving our brains behind
13:42 10 simple steps to dangerous conformity
14:04 1. Lack purpose, social connection and meaning
15:44 2. Conform at all costs
17:22 3. Put the group's aims above your own moral code
19:12 4. Let the group manipulate you using shame, threats, and promises
20:14 5. Denigrate outsiders
22:40 6. Partake of frequent, ritualistic, repetitive activities
23:29 7. Blindly defer to authority
24:28 8. Use not just groupthink, but also groupspeak
25:30 9. On no account try to understand outside perspectives
26:20 10. Lose your mind in mob mentality
27:10 3 steps to resisting group mentality
27:15 1. Understand how it works
27:26 2. Meet your needs for connection in healthy ways
27:52 3. Maintain objectivity
28:09 Closing thoughts