Critical thinking is a threat to totalitarianism.  This being the case, totalitarians will attempt to destroy thinking all together.  Thinkers will be punished.  They’ll be marginalize, shunned, and even criminalized.  This can hurt you financially.  This will all lead to psychological damage.  It’s indirect coercion.  Those who stand up to authority may be honored in later periods, but they are silenced in their own lifetime.

Thinking is a threat to authority.  Learnedness is more highly regarded than wisdom.  Learnedness refers to how much time someone spent in school.  Their so-called thoughts are plagiarism at best.  It’s simply a collection of regurgitated ideas, and they can’t stand criticism.  It’s a withdrawal from reality, and acceptance of the state as God.  It’s delusional thinking.  Destroying thinking leads to de-civilization.

If critical thinking was permitted, the masses would come to the conclusion that the most atrocious crimes have been committed by following orders, not by disobeying them.  The level of obedience has reached a frightening level.  They like to separate society by race, sex, sexual preference, and more.  However, this is all disguise.  They want to separate the critical thinkers from the delusional thinkers.

Individuals will identify with a group.  Individuals will identify with country, culture, and other things, but group identity is stronger.  The masses are grouped into critical thinking and delusional thinking.  The delusional thinkers will have their ideas verified, or they’ll be told what to think.  Critical thinking is suppressed.  The group of delusional thinkers will do their best to suppress the critical thinkers within that group.

Nobody thinks they’re delusional thinkers.  If they know it, they don’t admit to it.  Many are indoctrinated to believe they are critical thinkers.  Apparent thinkers will repeat ready-made ideas and never question them.  Many are assumed to have knowledge because they have a badge of authority.  A badge of authority may indicate knowledge, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t liars.  Authoritarians have utter disgust for thinking.

References

Joost Meerloo; Delusion and Mass Delusion

Bruce Levine; Resisting Illegitimate Authority