“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
“The new norm has become so stringent that even suggesting that there is a physical difference between a man and a woman can be considered a violation of sexual integrity. The Black Lives Matter movement is captured in this as well. The tendency toward increasingly exhaustive standards with respect to racism intensified to little productive end: The chances that such rules truly contribute to the overcoming of the narcissistic superiority feelings that are involved in racism is, in fact, rather small.” RacismIdeologyWokeBlmAntifaCrt Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism
“Conspiracy thinking inflates the sizableness of the perceived enemy into infinity so that in the end one can only feel powerless compared to such a giant. In this way, conspiracy thinking also embodies an aspect of self destruction.” IdeologyConspiracySociologyConspiracy TheoriesTechnocracyConspirationMass Formation Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism