Masters of Health Magazine January 2022 | Page 94

Another problem he uncovered was anytime you consider a public health measure, a cost-benefit analysis is essential. You cannot make a sensible decision without it. Yet here, such basics were ignored as if the collateral damage was inconsequential.

This perceived disregard for verifiable, scientific, statistical data caused Dr. Desmet to activate his psychology training and begin to look for the “why” of what he was observing. What would make reasonably intelligent people continue down a track of action that clearly was not working and was flying in the face of available scientific studies and principles? Even more importantly, why were respected professionals in various fields suddenly being silenced for trying to point out discrepancies?

His observations caused him to land on the idea of what has been termed “Mass Formation.” He identified 4 essential elements that once in place cause people to disconnect from reality. “A psychological condition of society known as “mass formation” is a precursor to totalitarianism. Under mass formation, a population willingly sacrifices their freedom.”

1)The central condition for mass formation to occur is a lack of societal bonding. In other words, social isolation on a mass scale, which is precisely what the lockdowns were all about. But even before the pandemic, social isolation was at a historical high.

2)The second condition is that a majority of people must experience life as meaningless and purposeless.

3)The third condition is widespread free-floating anxiety and free-floating discontent. This refers to discontent and anxiety that have no apparent or distinct causes.

4)The fourth condition is free-floating frustration and aggression, which tends to naturally follow the previous three. Here, again, the frustration and aggression have no discernible cause.

Once these four conditions are widespread, mass formation can occur, which allows for totalitarianism to rise and thrive. He went on to suggest that this frustration usually seeks to find some group to blame for all the problems. In the current situation it has become those who have resisted succumbing to the mandates.

He indicated that there was usually a 30% of the population that were all in for the totalitarian program. There is another 40% who go along with it because they don’t want to make waves and just want to be left alone. Then there is the other 30% who are visibly opposed to the program. Interestingly, the 40% can be persuaded to resist if the 30% opposed can give the 40% good enough reasons to change sides.

A key strategy to break mass formation and prevent totalitarianism is for dissenters to join together as one large group, thereby giving fence-sitters who are not yet fully hypnotized an alternative to going along with the totalitarians. Another is to loudly speak out against the totalitarian regime, as this is how atrocities are limited.

One of the things Dr. Desmet covered is the mistake in thinking this is just a mass hypnosis. With hypnosis, the person being hypnotized will not act against their basic moral structure. For instance, if they do not believe in killing, if they were told to kill someone, they would not do it.

However, under Mass Formation, people will actually go against their basic moral code. In many cases, they will perform acts that defy any logic or science whatsoever. Scientific studies and established facts mean nothing to them once they are trapped into the Mass Formation.