[sauropod]

I have a soft copy. On my list to read.

[Lexington Green]

‘’Those who bite the hand that feeds them will lick the boots that kick them.’’ — Hoffer, I think

[ameribbean expat]

Hoffer’s great. I donated a set of his works to my local library when I discovered there was no Hoffer in the house. Short enough and written by a longshoreman— every high schooler ought to be reading him.

Also along the same lines:

https://www.amazon.com/Crowds-Power-Elias-Canetti/dp/0374518203

[M1903A1]

His follow-up book, “The Ordeal of Change”, is every bit as relevant if not more so.

[ClearCase_guy]

Great, great book.

Hoffer really understood so much. Never read a bad book by him, and I’ve read most of his stuff.

[Chickensoup]

Just ordered the book.

Used Alibris.com

Trying to avoid Amazon at all costs.

Will read, sounds interesting.

A Freeper introduced me to Friedman. Am always looking for good reads.

[Paradox]

Never heard of the guy, but just reading his Wikipedia page, I am impressed. I will definitely put this on my reading list.

Some interesting insights:

Seeking to explain the attraction of the New Left protest movements, 
he characterized them as the result of widespread affluence, which 
"is robbing a modern society of whatever it has left of puberty rites
to routinize the attainment of manhood." He saw the puberty rites 
as essential for self-esteem and noted that mass movements 
and juvenile mindsets tend to go together, to the point that anyone, 
no matter what age, who joins a mass movement immediately begins
to exhibit juvenile behavior.

[Hoffer Rand]

Eric Hoffer was amazing. In fact, when I selected my FR name, it was partially a nod to him.

[pepsionice]

I am finishing up True Believer for the third time now. It ought to be mandatory reading for every college student.