“If we make rationality the basis of everything,” Mattias Desmet says, “we arrive in a completely irrational society.” In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek interviews Mattias Desmet, a clinical psychology professor and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” Desmet is a leading expert on the phenomenon known as “mass formation,”…
The Birth of Totalitarianism
Loss of Social Bonds Leads to Mass Formation, Rise of Totalitarian State: Mattias Desmet
When many people feel disconnected from their social environment they become prone to fanatical belief in an unreasonable narrative, creating favorable conditions for the emergence of a totalitarian state, said Mattias Desmet, a professor of clinical psychology. The psychological phenomenon where individuals who feel disconnected from their natural and social environment and experience purposelessness in…
Radically Blind: Why Can’t People See Through the COVID Con?
Despite the statistics and mathematical models dramatically overrating the risk of the virus, and the obvious side effects of the vaccine – many are not capable of seeing it. This is why you should continue to push back, before this monster devours its own child. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mass formation is a form of mass hypnosis…
It’s Now Crucial to Understand What We’re Up Against
This disaster is racing toward us like a runaway freight train, and it will be extremely difficult to get out of harm’s way. It’s absolutely crucial to understand what we’re up against and who’s responsible because there’s no going back to the ‘old’ normal. Patrick Wood, a repeat guest, has spent decades studying technocracy —…
[PREMIERING NOW] Mattias Desmet: ‘Mass Formation’ Hypnosis and the Rise of Technocratic Totalitarianism
This episode will premiere on June 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Why did large swaths of society suddenly buy into masking toddlers or restricting people from visiting their loved ones, even as they lay on their deathbeds? I sit down with Mattias Desmet, a professor of clinical psychology and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.”…
Mattias Desmet: ‘Mass Formation’ Hypnosis and the Rise of Technocratic Totalitarianism
Why did large swaths of society suddenly buy into masking toddlers or restricting people from visiting their loved ones, even as they lay on their deathbeds? I sit down with Mattias Desmet, a professor of clinical psychology and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” Desmet is one of the world’s leading experts on the phenomenon…
[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Mattias Desmet: ‘Mass Formation’ Hypnosis and the Rise of Technocratic Totalitarianism
This episode will premiere on June 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Why did large swaths of society suddenly buy into masking toddlers or restricting people from visiting their loved ones, even as they lay on their deathbeds? I sit down with Mattias Desmet, a professor of clinical psychology and author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.”…
The Psychology of Mimetic Contagion
Commentary My friend and colleague Dr. Mary Talley Bowden recently posed this important question, which has puzzled many people during the pandemic: Such a great question. A friend of mine from the age of 5 won’t have anything to do with me now because of my Covid views. I know we’ve all experienced this. @akheriaty…
How Vaccine Messaging Confused the Public
Pivotal randomized control trials (RCTs) underpinning approval of Covid-19 vaccines did not set out to, and did not, test if the vaccines prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Nor did the trials test if the vaccines reduce mortality risk. A review of seven phase III trials, including those for Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines, found…
Google Doesn’t Want You to Research Mass Formation
Mass formation can occur in a society with feelings of social isolation and free-floating anxiety among a large number of people; it leads to totalitarian thinking and, eventually, to totalitarian states At the end of 2021, the term “mass formation” had a value of 0 on Google Trends, meaning there’s not enough data for the…
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