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Forgetomori has a great post about social conformity:

It may be fun, but this is no comedy, it’s more like a documentary. Cults thrive on our vulnerabilities, and a good demonstration of just how vulnerable we all are was given in a series of experiments conducted by social psychologist Solomon Asch in the 1950s.

Carey Burtt “Mind Control Made Easy or How to Become a Cult Leader” (2000)

A modern reproduction of the experiment as carried out by Carey Burtt in 2000. All involved are “confederates”, except for the one person who is the unsuspecting subject.