I Just read your post and it has me in thought world....
I Ponder; The fundementals that bring a crowd together in the first place is simple and bare and for sure will be based on the unity of an apparent assiciated connection.
At the moment I think the simple foundations that people are standing on are being excercised by a series of complex circumstances that enable people from completely unique life perspectives to communicate and attempt to understand each other in a goal to achieve what is simply good.
Sometimes it seems to be hard to navigate effectively around social outcries in this day in age, But there is also brand new concepts and appreciations we are developing and becoming in a way more "Hive" minded. We are learning why each of us chooses to function the way we do with precise and particuliar values and in a way I think each is each wanting to offer the ultimate perspective which is what makes themselves happily satisfied, which of course that only needs to be addressed when someone is not satisified and in distress.
In some way I see it as All roads lead to rome but in this case All roads lead to discusions about truths and where do they come from.
Is it the same outcome to seek the solution as it is to seek the problem?
and do crowds I wonder lean one way more then the other, perhaps readily having a problem they can can agree on to remove but not really a primary solution which results in everyones' being satisfied.
I also think it is interesting how much social media like tik tok are influencing crowds offering a deeper more intricate way to communicate a more complex logic than available before.
I feel there is definitely alot to think about and crowds may have evolved into something more than a simple unification based on seeable common demoninators.
The influence of ideas to people have more ways to get to each person, and I wonder will this all lead to ultimately contructive debates and positive interactions or will this continually lead to war until ... The End?