The world is teetering on the edge of disaster, as mass formation and the rise of totalitarianism have gone global. Yet this crisis may be avoidable, according to Mattias Desmet, a leading expert on mass formation and the author of “The Psychology of Totalitarianism.” He is a professor of clinical psychology at Ghent University in…
PREMIERING at 10:30AM ET: How to Save Society From Mass Formation: Mattias Desmet
August 25, 2022
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We Must Fight the Totalitarian Tendency Within Ourselves
Commentary A weekly columnist for the left-wing British Sunday newspaper The Observer, by the name of Nick Cohen, has been suspended by the newspaper while investigation of his alleged misconduct is carried out. The details of his alleged misconduct have not been revealed, but it’s unlikely that it’s merely financial. I know nothing of Cohen,…
The Birth of Totalitarianism
July 25, 2022
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“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,”…
For America’s Progressive Elites, ‘Science Is Violence’
Commentary America’s progressive elites have transitioned from “Follow the Science” to “Science is Violence.” Their senior-most judges will not define what a woman is, nor will their celebrated scholars acknowledge that only a woman can give birth. In fact, to even assert the latter, in our betters’ view, is to render one a dangerous societal…
Anatomy of the Administrative State: The HHS
July 10, 2022
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Analysis Many have come to believe that if Dr. Anthony Fauci either resigns or is removed from his position as director of the the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), then the whole COVID crisis problem of chronic, strategic, and tactical administrative overreach, dishonesty, mismanagement, and ethical breaches within the U.S. Department of…
The Great Reset in Action: Ending Freedom of the Press, Speech, and Expression
June 29, 2022
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Commentary Governments, corporations, and elites have always been fearful of the power of a free press, because it is capable of exposing their lies, destroying their carefully crafted images, and undermining their authority. In recent years, alternative journalism has been growing and more people are relying on social media platforms as sources of news and…
The 5 Stages of Totalitarianism
June 21, 2022
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Commentary Fears of a growing totalitarian tendency in the United States have swelled during 2020–2022. But how close are we really to a totalitarian state? How have such regimes come about historically and what are the warning signs? This article will answer these questions by examining totalitarian regimes in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries and…
3 Inspirations for George Orwell’s ‘1984’
Commentary George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. British literary critic V. S. Pritchett could have been speaking for many in his review for the New Statesman: “I do not think I have ever read a novel more frightening and depressing;” wrote Pritchett after “Nineteen…
Back to the Sedition Act of 1798
May 2, 2022
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Commentary For years we were told that social media is privately owned so its curation cannot be called censorship; it’s just management. Then we found out that they were working hand-in-glove with government, so the problem became murkier. Now the next step is in place: the federal government has created Disinformation Governance Board operating out…
The Battle for Control of Your Mind
Commentary In his classic dystopian novel “1984,” George Orwell famously wrote, “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” This striking image served as a potent symbol for totalitarianism in the 20th century. But as Caylan Ford recently observed, with the advent of digital health passports in the…
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