MATTIAS DESMET - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TOTALITARIANISM

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This incredible documentary along with his book should hopefully be the last chapter on the Covid19 response and why the world gladly followed along with the narrative.

In his book The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow collective hypnosis to take hold. By analyzing the global pandemic, he identifies the phenomenon of ‘mass formation’ and illustrates how humanity is being forcibly, unconsciously led into a reality of technocratic totalitarianism, which aggressively excludes alternative views and relies on destructive groupthink, vilifying non-conformist thought as ‘dissident.