Slave Psychology vs Individuality

"So long as the strange belief was held that a man was only a stimulus-response animal and that his entire being was only a collection of aberrations (that his personality was only a matter of distortions of reality) no individuality or desire was safe from question or condemnation. This was a sort of slave psychology which, accidentally or otherwise, sought to block personal individuality and initiative. ... Then one could talk of masses. One could defeat individualism. And anyone who desires such a defeat is espousing an action so thoroughly destructive that he must be, and can be shown to be, thoroughly aberrated. For Man is rich only in ratio to the number of individuals whose initiative and individuality will create a better future. Wars can take place only when this sheep neurosis can be brought about. For lions don't stampede when some aberree shouts, 'Kill all the Russians,' for lions aren't likely to be afraid. But sheep will stampede. And then they will depend upon their individuals to save them. War can only happen where self-determinism is outlawed and the sheep psychology of 'adjustment' rules the land." - The Analytical Mind, L. Ron Hubbard, October 1950, 2009 printing, pg. 25-26