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by wahern 1192 days ago
Except often enough in such a situation everyone does exit orderly. People are generally predisposed to cooperate; it's what makes us human. The situations where panic prevails are the exception.

What's the saying... success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan?

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> everyone does exit orderly.

this only happens when there's leadership present to which the rest get directed, and the crowd trusts the leadership to act with their interest in mind. E.g., a uniform wearing fire-warden, is often enough.

If there's no such leadership, or they are acting (clearly) not in the interest of the "crowd", you will see panic and a failure to cooperate. This, not cooperation, is what makes humans truly humans.