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The Madness of Crowds And The End Of Progressive America

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William A. Jacobson 
Until a few days ago, I had never heard the term “Mass Formation Psychosis.” There’s a phenomenon when something gets hot that all sorts of experts announce themselves on Twitter, when their expertise is about 24 hours old and an inch deep.

I’m not going to do that. I’ll just play you what the now Twitter-banned Robert W. Malone said on Joe Rogan that swept the internet for close to an entire news cycle.

From a substack article by Malone on December 9, 2021, MASS FORMATION PSYCHOSIS or… mass hypnosis- the madness of crowds (transcribing a different video):

A brief overview of Mass Formation, which was developed by Dr. Mattias Desmet. He is a psychologist and a statistician. He is at the University of Ghent in Belgium.  I think Dr. Mattias is onto something about what is happening and he calls this phenomena:

MASS FORMATION PSYCHOSIS

So, when he says “mass” formation, you can think of this as equivalent to “crowd” formation. One can think of this as:

CROWD PSYCHOSIS

The conditions to set up mass formation psychosis include lack of social connectedness and sensemaking as well as large amounts of latent anxiety and passive aggression. When people are inundated with a narrative that presents a plausible “object of anxiety” and strategy for coping with it, then many individuals group together to battle the object with a collective singlemindedness. This allows people to stop focusing on their own problems, avoiding personal mental anguish. Instead, they focus all their thought and energy on this new object.

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15 Comments on The Madness of Crowds And The End Of Progressive America

  1. Yes, 1000 people in line waiting to get tested for Coof because their cell phone app told them they stood close to someone who tested positive waiting to get tested for Coof.

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  2. Before Trump’s Inauguration we at ABC had some short lectures from some SAS Veterans about crowds, riots, and other unsavory shit. Their entire take on it was don’t be in it. Always be on the outskirts of it… or further away.

    It’s a lesson with many good points.

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  3. Actually, Sociology is the study of Mass Formation Psychosis.

    People in crowds react the same as those tiny fish when the whales show up.

    “… security is mortal’s chiefest enemy …”

    mortem tyrannis
    izlamo delenda est …

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