The Road to Totalitarianism Pt 2: The Totalitarian Machine Messiah

This is a follow-up to the last episode: The Road to Totalitarianism. Here, I emphasize how the Left's totalitarian mass formation is akin to religion, with a distinct dogma, priests, prophets, and the persecution of heretics.

Totalitarian systems call on their members to defer reason and judgment in crucial areas to an expert class. Those swept up in the mass formation are convinced to place their faith not in God or religion, but experts and science. Just like with religion, this new machine messiah demands sacrifice and a subordination of will to itself.