Crowds, Masses, Riots (w/

there's a crowd out there. what does it mean?
written by thelitcritguy and laborkyle
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Bibliography
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Richard Gilman Opalsky Spectres of Revolt: On the Intellect of Insurrection and Philosophy from Below (2016)
Jodi Dean, Crowds and Party (2016)
Fergus Millar, The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic (2002)
Andrew Lintott, Violence in Republican Rome (1968)
Plutarch, Roman Lives (trans. Robin Waterfield, 1999)
Robert Ovetz, When Workers Shot Back (2014)
PA Brunt, “The Roman Mob,” in Past & Present (no.35, Dec. 1966)

[@Mexie]

I finally had the spoons to watch this, and so glad I did. You guys are brilliant. Outstanding work

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Thanks so much mexie. Means a whole lot coming from you!

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

glad I got here from Tom's video. it's an extension of my understanding of the crowd and why it is so villified (most times)

[@Marxism_Today]

oh boy oh boy oh boy! Combo and a half of great comrades right here :)

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

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[@laborkyle]

Hi Paul you're the best!

[@Dorian_sapiens]

I had to watch this a few times to fully appreciate it, but that part about how no one sets a c*p car on fire thinking it will end racism, but people are changed by the experience of revolt: that hits hard.

[@sankarawasright1192]

this goes hard

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

hell yes we do.

[@Kathrin_yt]

WOW this was amazing!! Loved the background images, the music and the message of radical hope. Really inspiring and so well done. Plus idk how you can be that good/ charistmatic/ engaging at speaking on camera, I'm always so awkward :D

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Honestly thank you so much - means a great deal coming from someone whose content I admire so much!

[@QuestingRefuge]

Need reminders like this. Thank you

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

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[@Nicole-in1od]

Thank you for the great video!

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Thank you for watching!

[@HardcoreLime]

Absolutely wonderful video. Kyle, great music, as per always

[@laborkyle]

TYSM my friend, appreciate it greatly

[@KayAndSkittles]

Incredible job guys.

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Means a lot coming from you ✊

[@JohntheDuncan]

This was another great video! Noticed the copy of Riot Strike Riot which is one of my favourite books I've read this year. Much of what you spoke about here is actually really closely related to threads I'm picking up in my PhD. One chapter is going to explore whether perspectives generated by grass roots human rights action is compatible with the neoliberal view of the individual or if it would create a different idea of humanity: one where the collective responsibility to each other is emphasised over the neoliberal responsibility to be an individualistic capitalist actor. So yeah this video feels like it was made for me haha

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Thanks so much for watching and yeah, that PhD research sounds amazing!

[@DrPepperone]

Oh this vid reminded me I've read Elias Canetti's Crowds and Power in college. Good shit.

[@Spaceyroach-jh9bl]

Thank you for making this. Another excellent video!

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@chriswilson3452]

awesome! love the work the two of you do

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Thanks so much!

[@laborkyle]

[@1Dimee]

Really good stuff

[@LuckyBlackCat]

Hello, fellow bread-crumb! I found you on twitter and I just subscribed and shared the link to your channel. Looking forward to more.

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Thank you! Gonna work my way back through your channel too ☺️

[@LuckyBlackCat]

@@JonTheLitCritGuy Aw, thanks! I really appreciate that. :)

[@outofcontextdude1432]

This is brilliant.

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

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[@ashnorton4465]

Agreed!

[@leninscat6104]

Amazing video! Only thing I'd note is to not use fade-in-fade-out transitions and stick to jump cuts, I think they make the editing smoother. Other than that? Fantastic use of music, the script was superb, and I absolutely adore the laborkyle motif of footage kind of 'haunting' the background as you speak. Two of my favs in one video, looking so forward so the next one!

[@lowkoalatee4033]

Really well made love the ambiance

[@diamondd3333]

Great work my dudes! I know you focused more on a de-individuation of crowds but what I'm curious to here are your thoughts on mechanisms of decentralized organization which I think in this latest uprising has become an even more prominent talking point. So do you think that with some of the new tools we have (say the internet) it's possible to keep up momentum and morale in the face of state suppression? (My moneyis on yes but I can see how a decentralised group can be more easily fractured) curious to hear your thoughts, great work!

[@TheAndrew1987]

you're my favourite bookcel

[@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081]

Who else came here from Tom Nicholas?

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

Me! ...no wait.

[@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081]

@@JonTheLitCritGuy It seems there are forces at play which exceed our cognitive limits of perception.

[@TheAndrew1987]

i saw this video before and i was delighted to see tom feature it but i was expecting this to get more attention, hopefully more people will come over and watch it cause its a great video

[@Leftistattheparty]

Oh boy, another left tuber to subscribe to.

[@JonTheLitCritGuy]

welcome friend :)