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This is related to Schelling's theory of focal points only there it's necessary for a group of people to believe something (and more importantly to believe that everyone else believes it) for it to become true.
Interesting, I didn't make the connection to this before, but was going to talk about something similar in the next thing I write up, assuming I get around to it.