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Sure. Sometimes instigators are seeded throughout a crowd (especially crowd of protesters) to get them to shout certain things or steer the protest in a certain way/direction.

Humans also have vestiges of herd behaviour. For example, if one person decides to cross the intersection on a red light (especially pedestrian) then more people are likely to follow even if they would wait for green light otherwise.




the term for them is 'agent provocateur'.


See also: MK ULTRA.


"vestiges" lol

Going along with the crowd is foundational to being human - individuality doesn't come naturally.




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