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“In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have whims & peculiarities; their seasons of excitement & recklessness when they care not what they do. We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, & go mad in its pursuit”
“In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have whims & peculiarities; their seasons of excitement & recklessness when they care not what they do. We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, & go mad in its pursuit”
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“that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.”
“that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.”
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“We see one nation suddenly seized, from its highest to its lowest members, with a fierce desire of military glory; another as suddenly becoming crazed upon a religious scruple;”
“We see one nation suddenly seized, from its highest to its lowest members, with a fierce desire of military glory; another as suddenly becoming crazed upon a religious scruple;”
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“and neither of them recovering its senses until it has shed rivers of blood and sowed a harvest of groans and tears, to be reaped by its posterity.”
“and neither of them recovering its senses until it has shed rivers of blood and sowed a harvest of groans and tears, to be reaped by its posterity.”
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These words were written in 1841, but 2020 has familiarized the entire world with the meaning.
The excerpt is from the very beginning of the preface to Charles Mackay’s MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE MADNESS OF CROWDS
These words were written in 1841, but 2020 has familiarized the entire world with the meaning.
The excerpt is from the very beginning of the preface to Charles Mackay’s MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE MADNESS OF CROWDS
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How are we to reverse this mass psychosis the world is now under?
The fourth portion of the quote above should give great pause: Let it not be via “rivers of blood.”
How are we to reverse this mass psychosis the world is now under?
The fourth portion of the quote above should give great pause: Let it not be via “rivers of blood.”
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It is exactly these social contagions that are the greatest dangers to society. Not biological contagions. https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1239995212572876802?s=20
It is exactly these social contagions that are the greatest dangers to society. Not biological contagions. https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1239995212572876802?s=20
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And the “rivers of blood” tend to be “riots, revolutions, wars, human-induced famine, and so on.” https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1254799371704680448?s=20
And the “rivers of blood” tend to be “riots, revolutions, wars, human-induced famine, and so on.” https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1254799371704680448?s=20
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The “rivers of blood” are already flowing, but largely unappreciated. https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1294285483426697218?s=20
The “rivers of blood” are already flowing, but largely unappreciated. https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1294285483426697218?s=20
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You may not feel the 2020 Covid event has created an extraordinary popular delusion and crowd madness, but the very nature of a delusion is that it can be very difficult to realize one is having it.
You may not feel the 2020 Covid event has created an extraordinary popular delusion and crowd madness, but the very nature of a delusion is that it can be very difficult to realize one is having it.
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It is easy to identify it from the outside. That’s why the comparisons to the “hijab cult” in Iran are helpful. You can “feel” in your bones the crazy in the lower video, even if you’re the fellow in the upper video. https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1339035938656235523?s=20
It is easy to identify it from the outside. That’s why the comparisons to the “hijab cult” in Iran are helpful. You can “feel” in your bones the crazy in the lower video, even if you’re the fellow in the upper video. https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1339035938656235523?s=20
