I have been wanting to write something for so long. There have been several ideas and I have been noting them down. I had to pick one and write. I wanted to do it chronologically but no this one couldnt wait. It had to come out. But it did not come out all of a sudden and burst into this blog post. It was an idea which struck. It was mulled over, a sample was thrown out to people in the form a facebook update but there was more to be told. So it was broken down (or contextually) put through destructive distillation and then it emerged more sensible and lucid. It is vocal and clear about what it has to convey. The idea did emerge, complete or not.
Crowds are a collection of individuals. These are individuals who are motivated by a common idea which couldnt wait. They are there for a purpose and want to accomplish it. However when these individuals cease being so and become a crowd the purpose gets distorted and no one really know what they are doing anymore and why? How do crowds think, process data and take decisions? There is no thinking at all. 
Data is processed at the surface and decisions are made by the most vocal or charming individual in it or even outside. These individuals can sway the crowds to their tune and make the crowds do things, their constituent’s wouldnt ordinarily do or even contemplate doing. Crowds can be very dangerous as they are powerful weapon and when in wrong hands (like they most often are) they can cause a lot of damage physically and socially. What’s worse is these crowds are drunk in whatever idea they are fuelled by they lose the common human decency and do so much damage in and around and onto themselves too. They are so drunk on it that they cant feel their own burning skin and in the process some constituents get consumed and some others damaged beyond repair.
Perfectly sane, well motivated individuals have become impetuous sheep. They are no longer rational and systematic, there is peer pressure involved and patience always runs out far more quickly in a collective than in an individual. It is the cumulative tension which is blocking their otherwise rational heads. Now the whole concept of a crowd is pointless beyond the false display of strength and solidarity. It enrages others who are outside the fold as it can be an intimidating and damaging unit. A crowd can be disbanded with force. It can be labelled with a name, demerited and discredited of its purpose. In short the idea can be squashed. When a crowd loses energy, the idea dies among most of its constituents. 
Imagine a protest (or anything which calls for a crowd) without a crowd. It can be done. What is a crowd made of? Individuals. Who do they seek commands from? An individual. So if it is individuals who are working on/for an idea why form a crowd? The individuals can retain their heads and the idea cant be squashed as it is discrete and lives on. Where will the opposition bring down the hammer? Even if it targets the individuals, it cant possibly capture them all and there is bound to be pilferage. Those who escape will propagate the idea. All actions will be well thought out, planned and executed systematically, without haste and as much deliberation as possible, just like this post was. Now what might be missing making the action (and this post) incomplete will be appended or advised (through comments) by those who share the idea and build upon the base making it better. When working on an anything many minds are better than one only if they can work independently without pressure of one another.
p.s: This isnt something new. Undercover agents and resistance movements have done it for ages immemorial.
