• = 25% Social Tipping Point
• A committed minority group pushing for change just below 25% of the total group population does not succeed
• but when the committed minority is just above 25%,
• abrupt change in group dynamics quickly causes a majority of the population to adopt the new norm

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One candidate (Donald Trump) believes it was stolen. Traditional poll found 57% believed it was stolen, but private polling found 14%. Quite a huge difference accounted for by the collective illusion principle. This gives us hope that educating on collective illusion in the right way could have a huge impact so that democracy is not gamed by unscrupulous and bad actors.

A vocal minority is a leverage point that brings about the collective illusion.

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