(Continuation from yesterday)

By the way, I have a morbid aversion to "crowding" now, but when I was young, I drank, made noise, and crowded as much as anyone else.

Especially when I was a teenager, being isolated from the "crowd" had the same impact as a "death sentence".

So, what we call "bullying" generally manifests itself in the form of "isolation from the crowd".

"Live of Real Time Executions" - there are not many shows that are as entertaining and cruel as this one.

Bullying does not create a voluntary deterrent because the perpetrator can be instantly turned into the victim.

Well, let's not talk about that today.

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My current 'escape from the crowd(*)' is quite thorough.

(*) Of course, this is a parody of Erich Fromm's "Escape from Freedom".

I can't remember exactly how I came to be in this state.

In terms of time, I think it was "around the time I started writing the column" -- I'll think it over again.

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Anyway, I think it is quite difficult to tell young people not to crowd together or not to drink.

This is because within the "fun" of these actions lies a latent fear of "isolation from the crowd = ostracisim".

I suspect that the fear of the "ostracisim" is far greater and more concrete than the fear of a new corona infection.