Mass Formation Conclusion Looking Back at Lockdowns and Anxiety
Mattias Desmet PHD, Ghent, BE
Mass formation; An old idea, 19th century, Gustave Le Bon, Sigmund Freud, Elias Canetti
The group think can be absurd crazy ideas such as the Iranian Revolution of 1979 where the face of the Khomeini is imprinted in the surface of the moon. The Crusades, the witch hunts, French revolution, Nazi Germany...
People become willing to radical self sacrifice
People become radically intolerant of dissenting voices
They stigmatize the people that do not go along with the group.
They try to eliminate or destroy the dissenters through cruel means
They do so as if it is an ethical duty. Justified totalitarianism
They do this cruelty even to the people they used to love before the mass formation.
The vulnerable population to mass formation, i.e. the mental state of the population, disconnected from natural and social connections, social isolation, lack of purpose, no strong social bonds, lack of purpose, meaningless life, disconnected anxiety, no real cause of anxiety, feeling out of control. Lock downs. Anxiety!
A narrative is then presented to remove the anxiety. The narrative will allow to move back to normal and a better feeling of belonging.
Rituals, masks, vaccines, initiation and sacrifice into the group and collective. We belong. The comfort of remaining silent.
People then have the feeling of a social collective connection against an enemy. Divisiveness and paranoia are then everywhere. Us and Them.
Some people are resilient and are not susceptible to mass formation.
Never before has this size of mass formation occurred, mass media induced.
Mass Formation is the same as hypnosis.
Solution, continue to speak out against the mass social formation, do not give up!