According to the Professor, 4 conditions must be met before Mass Formation can emerge in a society:

1. People experience lack of social bonds/connections
2. People experience lack of meaning
3. People experience a lot of free-floating anxiety
4. People experience frustration and aggression that has no direction

This leads to overwhelming willingness to participate in the "strategy" to deal with the object of anxiety, and a NEW social bond is created among these people!! This gives a new solidarity for these people! This leads to a mental intoxication of connectedness which is the REAL REASON that people continue to buy into the narrative - even when it is utterly absurd! It is a kind of a "ritual" that is unique to that group, and the more absurd the ritual, the better!

According to the Professor, 4 conditions must be met before Mass Formation can emerge in a society:

1. People experience lack of social bonds/connections
2. People experience lack of meaning
3. People experience a lot of free-floating anxiety
4. People experience frustration and aggression that has no direction