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The Psychology of Totalitarianism with Mattias Desmet (WiM201)

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Solidarity in a Mass Formation

The solidarity of every individual where the collective becomes very high. People feel that every individual should sacrifice eve thing for the sake of the collective. If a mass formation continues for a long time, it typically ends up in a radically paranoid atmosphere. Everyone is prepared to report everyone to the state, even the people they love most. That's a typical and stage of a mansformation. Of all totalitarianes, nasi, germany, the soviet union, they all ended up in an extremely typical paranoid atmosphere. And that's just because totolitarien states, unlike classical dictatorships or based on mass formation, are quite alarming.

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