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Bandwagon effect forces you to buy what everyone else has

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You actively mock a bizarre new shoe style until you see three friends wearing them, and suddenly you are pulling out your wallet. Groupthink overrides all personal preference, compelling people to acquire things purely because the herd has deemed them socially mandatory. It is the invisible force turning objectively ugly footwear into global phenomenons.

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