The push for paternalism is not new.  This is the result of decades, maybe centuries, of K – PhD propaganda.  Nietzsche noticed this in the 1880s, “if any submits to it to be a philosopher on the part of the state, he must also submit to be so looked upon by the state as if he had waived his claim to follow truth into all its haunts.”  The masses do not learn how to think critically, but blindly accept ideas.  There is not free discussion, totalitarianism is imminent.  

What is new, to the U.S. at least, is enforced isolation and masks to arouse: guilt, envy, anxiety, and fear.  This prolonged crisis is designed to create depression among the population so they more readily accept the statements, promises, and “facts” of the overlords.  If the individual feels helpless, powerless, and confused, the ideas that govern his daily life are swept aside to willingly accept anything pushed forward.  These are not ideas that have withstood criticism, but ideas that are thoughtlessly accepted.  The individual has become an automaton.

The individual becomes part of the “greater good,” in actuality, the herd.  Individuals have problems to deal with and families to take care of.  The totalitarian leader wants to suppress individual problems and worry about the wider problems, which means the totalitarian leaders’ problems.  The individual has no room to develop friendships, relationships, and other forms of human bonding.  This is compounded by medicating into submission, remember, liquor stores are essential.  The masses have become submissive and automatic, perfect for the power seekers. 

The individual joins the herd and civilization is mechanized.  There is no longer an “I” to address.  Those difficulties have been replaced by the state’s difficulties.  The ability to think clearly and honestly does not exist.  The individual “learns” by reading or watching propaganda, unwittingly absorbing slogans, cliches, and dogmas.  The individual is completely obedient and has become an empty box filled with this information. 

If they are not wearing a mask, they are an enemy.  They are still the enemy if they chose not to wear a mask for health reasons.  They are still a “superspreader.”  These draconian measures will not stop at the whims of the totalitarian leaders.  Totalitarianism thrives on compliance.  The masses are completely dull to these measures now which do not appear to be changing, and lessening of restrictions is unlikely, especially with the often-repeated phrase, “the new normal.”  This is just to reemphasize that you should be dull to the situation.  Just as the individual is dull to totalitarian measures, he is dull to calls for freedom.

Facts have been replaced by fantasy.  There is not an open policy for free discussion, no room for a difference of opinion.  There is only scaring one into submission.  Totalitarianism is to be accepted, you become the enemy and/or scapegoat if discussing freedom.  Who will people rely on to protect them from depression and sickness?  What!  Only the totalitarian leaders are capable of this.

Words are used to arouse emotion and bring on hysteria.  Words are used to smother and destroy free minds.  The overlords will use words to mean whatever they want them to mean to hide the worthlessness of what they are actually saying.  These words are part of a Pavlovian mental conditioning.  Any deviation from prescribed opinion makes you a criminal.  Freedoms are not forcefully taken away, but the masses give them up.  There is no desire to be free.  A mental backbone no longer exists. 

As Nietzsche said, “All suppressed truths become poisonous.”  It is nearly criminal to be honest and not to loudly and vigorously participate in this charade. The most effective way to resist this mental coercion is to educate yourself.  Do not rely on “official” information.  Do your own thinking.  Be honest with yourself.   It is time to withdrawal from idolatry and no longer take part in this political fetish.

References

Friedrich Nietzsche; Nietzsche as a Critic, Philosopher, Poet and Prophet

Joost Meerloo; The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing

Denise Winn; The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination

Friedrich Nietzsche; Thus Spoke Zarathustra