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The Psychology of Totalitarianism

By: Mattias Desmet
Narrated by: Dan Crue
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We bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss of privacy, and surrendered freedoms. It is all spurred by a singular, focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink.

Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum. It arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history, its formation gaining strength and speed with each generation—from the Jacobins to the Nazis and Stalinists—as technology advances. Governments, mass media, and other mechanized forces use fear, loneliness, and isolation to demoralize populations and exert control, persuading large groups of people to act against their own interests, always with destructive results.

In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold. By looking at our current situation and identifying the phenomenon of “mass formation”—a type of collective hypnosis—he clearly illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes.

©2022 Mattias Desmet (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC Political Science Politics & Government Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Psychology & Interactions Thought-Provoking Mental Health

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great book. everyone should read it. would recommend to further your understanding of governments and yourself.

needs to be read!

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Would highly recommend to build a better understanding for the times that we live in - there's light at the end of the tunnel..

Incredible insightful and current

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Great talk on causes of COVID and Climate Change madness and what to do. keep talking and challenging people's stupid beliefs. the drip drip will eventually have effect. Shutting up only makes you part of silent go along with it group. I now challenge, Covid, its clotshots, stupid windmills and lunatic zero carbon proposals every chance I get.

brilliant description of the madness afflicting

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Loved it, just loved it. it also covers heavy conclusions on life, it's meaning. Good explanations. We have to make sure we wake up people from the hipnosis

Amazing, super intersting

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This book is well-argued and clearly points out the dangers of where we are today in most of the world.
I docked one star for the performance because at times it comes across as unedited and stilted, almost as if read by AI - oh, the irony!

Better understand our fragile society

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Rich and positively charged analysis. This book shall be on every schools must read list.

Must read.

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Very grateful to the author for the understanding he brings to a mad, mad world. Yet we are still faced with surviving the wrath of the sheep and the collapse they are driving.

Scary but offering hope

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This book is hard work at times but worth persevering with. The author is a brilliant & well read man & his book is filled with interesting quotes but his conclusions are hard to understand. Despite his emphasis on psychology, humanity & mysticism his conclusions are arrived at in a seemingly clinical & logical way. A implies B implies C, see chapter 5 etc. A bit disappointing really.A rag tag bag of the obvious mixed up with intangible psychological theories. Would have preferred to have heard more analysis & reporting on previous totalitarian regimes. Whats wrong with the "Race, Class & Power" theory of mankind? Its certainly not what you will get here.

Hmm

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Without exaggeration, this book has completely changed my philosophy of life. I thought I was awake but now realised I was still dozing. Profound and well reasoned.

Profound stuff

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I’m not a fan of rules. I’m a believer in managing the self to my own ethical standards. I am often both amused and bemused by the rules of modern society. After listening to this book I feel inspired to be myself more. For me it important to be able to recognise all the diverse deceptions and traits of totalitarianism so that I can avoid them. This book helps so much. A rich vein of observational information that can boost a person’s understanding that life is what you make it based on the moments you choose to engage with. Utterly brilliant.

The eclectic perception that everyone needs

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