>>58694841>The majority don't just determine what's correctThe crowd defines what things are good and what things are bad, since socialization heavily influences conceptions of good and bad. In America, it's bad for waiters not to be upbeat, but in Europe, it's not. This is solely because the opinion of the many is internalized by most people. Even if an individual does not internalize their society's conception of good, disagreeing with the crowd feels fundamentally awful, while agreeing with it feels safe.
