The crowd’s collective guess was accurate to within a single pound of the true weight. A white farmer, a man of notable intellect, success and community standing, decided to execute his own prized ox. Under the weight of collective frenzy, a surreal trial was staged for the ox. If physical crowds destroy streets, the “digital crowd” on social media platforms orchestrates a far more insidious destruction of the intellect. Even in grand geopolitical theatre, this psychological duality of the crowd remains constant.