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Mass Psychosis, Leading to Totalitarianism, Is Far Too Common Throughout History
Spirituality, Religion, Mental Health, The Arts

Mass Psychosis, Leading to Totalitarianism, Is Far Too Common Throughout History

The U.S., Russia, China, Germany, Japan, Cambodia have all experienced it

Dec 18, 2023
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Two short videos explore “the most dangerous of all psychic epidemics, the mass psychosis. A mass psychosis is an epidemic of madness and it occurs when a large portion of a society loses touch with reality and descends into delusions. Such a phenomenon is not a thing of fiction. Two examples of mass psychoses are the American and European witch hunts 1…

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