After reading/viewing the mob mentality pieces, I conclude that the rationale behind a majority of mobs involves a large amount of people who follow blindly in others footsteps. For example, Smith states, “One reason for herd behavior is that people and animals tend to do what others around them are doing. This usually is because those who join the group in the behavior figure that if several others are doing something, it must be worthwhile”. This proves that many of the people who take part in mobs do not think for themselves. Several people just go along with the rest of the mob because multiple others are taking part. They do not think about what is legally and morally right in their situation. Another idea that supports this conclusion,
