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Tanya Tremblay's avatar

I’ve never heard it framed like this before but it absolutely makes sense. Unfortunately, society now is just primed and ready for more mass formation.

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James Governale's avatar

Yes Tanya, society is primed indeed. When you understand the framing stated here, it makes more sense that there's a desired result from all the generalized anxiety as it leads to the mass formation. Easier to have the majority population follow along.

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Virginia Bower's avatar

Makes total sense...so in that respect, it's heartening to understand a bit about the mass hysteria around covid and vaccines--though it's also quite frightening! This is the stuff of burning witches and several other horrendous instances of "mass formation" in our global history!

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James Governale's avatar

I hear you Virginia, in some regard it's very disconcerting that something like mass formation can occur in society. And yes, it can be connected to atrocities in human history. Hence why it's important to talk about this framework and bring some awareness to the possibility of this phenomenon. What if the bits of individual awarenesses are the very thing that can dismantle the mass formation from taking hold?

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