“Dictatorship are based on a primitive psychological mechanism, namely on the creation of a climate of fear amongst the population, based on the brutal potential of the dictatorial regime. Totalitarianism, on the other hand, has its roots in the insidious psychological process of mass formation.” PsychologySocietyPopulationIdeologyIdeologicalMassesFixation Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism
“Mass formation is, in essence, a kind of group hypnosis that destroys individual's ethical self-awareness and robs them of their ability to think critically.” IndividualPsychologySocietyPopulationIdeologyIdeologicalMassesFixation Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism