Social isolation and distancing have been utilized historically to control and manipulate individuals, as seen in the tactics of tyrants and totalitarians. The concept revolves around the understanding that human beings require social connections for psychological well-being, often fulfilled at a tribal or local level. By isolating individuals, oppressive leaders aimed to weaken their sense of community and individuality, making them more susceptible to control through domination and power.
…totalitarian domination as a form of government is new in that it… bases itself on loneliness, on the experience of not belonging to the world at all, which is among the most radical and desperate experiences of man. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism Many people have amnesia regarding that fact that a mere few […]
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Social Distancing – Why They want You Isolated and Alone first appeared on
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