At a mass meeting, thought is eliminated. Rock concerts and Baptist revivals do the same thing, vacating personhood by reaching the mammalian survival center. Bang a few drums with your friends and see how fast you lose track of who's who.
Actions become purposeful, thoughtful, self-directed.
Privacy is the situational source of all growth, improvement, education and morality. It is the fountainhead of art. It is the workshop of philosophy. Cognitively, there are no innate ideas, only those acquired by individuals, the majority of which are crap inherited from the past. For those who are sick of me citing my own work, please note that I'm logging off Friday and won't have time to participate much next month or two.