The hungry herd of cattle follow the food even if it tumbles off a cliff. However, if you are the predator, you dine on the herd, specifically the ones in the rear, you know, the last to get the idea that they will perish as did those before them... yet they follow. Once all the cattle have gone over the cliff and the predator is licking his or her chops, with a belly full, the hunt for another herd... those who have followed another false flag and will perish. Yet the predator remains fed and satisfied with the decisions made and the ability to lead the masses with a word of panic spread and infesting the mass of unorganized and impulsive followers. What an opportunity to cash in. You would think some would learn to be pragmatic, yet most remain impulsive and feed the predator every time they wave that flag of failure. What a feast! And it is based on personal greed and lack of self-control. Once the idea of thought and reason is mastered, one can become the individual to survive and prosper. The thinker becomes the predator or one of the few who collect the spoils of war. Pragmatic research, thought, and reaction suggest we live in a cyclical world with a positively or negatively skewed propensity.