• BlackRose
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    "Only individuals think and act. Each individual’s thinking and acting are influenced by his fellows’ thinking and acting. These influences are variegated.
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    Most people are common men. They do not have thoughts of their own; they are only receptive. They do not create new ideas; they repeat what they have heard and imitate what they have seen. If the world were peopled only by such as these, there would not be any change and any history. What produces change is new ideas and actions guided by them. What distinguishes one group from another is the effect of such epistemological problems of history innovations. These innovations are not accomplished by a group mind; they are always the achievements of individuals."

    Ludwig von Mises - Theory and History