Part 3 of 3 Mass Formation: Most People Are Scared of Freedom and Don't Want the Burden of Having to Think for Themselves Professor Mattias Desmet: "We are inclined to believe that people want to be free, but most people don't. Most people are scared of freedom. Freedom brings with it responsibility; it brings challenges. It makes [it so] that you need to think. You need to do a certain mental labor; you need to think about your life, [and] you need to think about decisions you have to make... Most people prefer not to do it and prefer to look for someone who tells them what to do."