I've had something on the tip of my tongue since seeing the parent comment last night - I think this is close https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_of_silence ht

I've had something on the tip of my tongue since seeing the parent comment last night - I think this is close https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_of_silence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_of_silence but it doesn't seem to say too much about when the majority behave this way, maybe it's a disparity between perceived like-minded group size and actual group-size.