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Vienna Central Station (Watch My Latest YouTube Short)

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19/01/2025

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The footage was filmed near the rear exit, at Canetti Street (named after the author Elias Canetti, who wrote ‘Crowds and Power [Masse und Macht]’), and at various other locations around Vienna.

Canetti’s book explores how individuals behave differently when they are alone compared to when they are part of a group, and how group dynamics can lead to extreme behavior. If you’re puzzled by how so many people could act as the Nazis did, this book may provide some insight.

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