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Does History Repeat Itself? Bret Speaks with Mattias Desmet

Jul 12, 2022
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INSIGHT

Mass Formation's Paradoxical Effects

  • Mass formation blinds individuals to contradictions and makes them intolerant to dissent.
  • It drives people to self-sacrifice and cruelty toward those who oppose the collective narrative.
INSIGHT

Isolation Enables Mass Formation

  • Mass formation emerges when many feel socially disconnected and lonely.
  • This creates vulnerability to propaganda, especially in isolated modern populations.
INSIGHT

Role of Free-Floating Negative Feelings

  • Free-floating anxiety and frustration without clear cause create a mental state primed for mass formation.
  • Narratives that identify an object of anxiety and provide a strategy bind people and give illusion of control.
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