The Psychology of Totalitarianism - Prof Mattias Desmet by Jim Twelves Ep13

This reflection was made standing on the banks of Middle Harbour Creek, Sydney, on Friday 24 June 2022. It is a review of some of the points made by Professor Mattias Desmet as he discussed his new book - The Psychology of Totalitarianism, that comes out this month https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Tot...
Mattias is discussing his book with Dan Astin-Gregory on 17 June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANHaH...
Topics I have included are:
1. The preconditions for mass formation - 'free-floating anxiety, frustration and aggression'.
2. Solidarity and collectivism are no substitute for real relationships, but this is what the leaders of a totalitarian state will advocate.
3. Mechanistic/rational view vs spiritual faith. In my lifetime I have seen faith in God ridiculed, persecuted, made irrelevant and 'so old fashioned', that 'we' must have a better way, an 'enlightened way'.
4. The Watch and the GPS. How these inventions have taken us further and further from our connection with nature, and with God's peace, his 'shalom'.
5. Good Speech vs Rhetorical Speech. Mattias calls for us to speak the truth rather than to go along with sound-bites designed to manipulate populations.
6. Developing a network of truth. He advocates an antidote for totalitarianism - the local, real relationships one with another that today's digital world has slowly eroded.
7. A true local community to counter globalism. Desmet advocates for a world growing less and less dependent on global, transnational monoliths that are run entirely for the benefit of shareholders and with no humanity on the ground floor.

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