Category Archives: Mass hysteria, mass mentality, mass society, witch hunts, fanaticism, the mob, etc.

Thoughts on the corruption of research and science in the Biden era

Posted on March 6, 2024 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I have noted a corruption of research and science in the Biden era that is particularly bad (I first mentioned it in this article Thoughts on my statement, “I can’t believe what I’m hearing” – aspects of the Biden … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on my statement, “I can’t believe what I’m hearing” – aspects of the Biden era, with remarks on cultural alienation

Posted on January 14, 2024 by mikespassingthoughts

A common statement I have said lately is: “I can’t believe what I’m hearing” This is in response to all the things I have been hearing in the US recently (up to early 2024). Some of what I have been hearing … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, cultural alienation, cultural loneliness, etc., Dehumanization, alienation, and disassociation, Historical stuff, Mass communication: media, social media, and the news, Mass hysteria, mass mentality, mass society, witch hunts, fanaticism, the mob, etc., Modern world, life, and society, Politics and government, Society and sociology, The 2016 Presidential election and things associated with it, The U.S. and American society | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts on my statement “I’ve seen more hatred in the past 5 or so years than I have in my entire life . . . and it’s all being done by people who profess to be against hatred!” . . . the “hypocrisy of hate”

Posted on August 29, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I made an interesting statement: “I’ve seen more hatred in the past 5 or so years than I have in my entire life . . . and it’s all being done by people who profess to be against hatred!” … Continue reading →

Posted in Hatred, the hatist mentality, dislike of people, conflict between people, etc., Hippies and the hippy movement, Mass communication: media, social media, and the news, Mass hysteria, mass mentality, mass society, witch hunts, fanaticism, the mob, etc., Modern world, life, and society, Society and sociology, The 2016 Presidential election and things associated with it, The U.S. and American society | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Some thoughts on Hitler and the Nazi tragedy, with remarks on the conflict between common people and a power structure, and the dilemma of explanations

Posted on May 4, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

The subject of Hitler and the Nazi’s have been looked at to death. This subject has been talked about to the point of nausea. There are now so many points of views, and perspectives about it, that we can’t understand … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical stuff, Mass communication: media, social media, and the news, Mass hysteria, mass mentality, mass society, witch hunts, fanaticism, the mob, etc., Modern world, life, and society, Society and sociology, The effects of WWII, the Nazi's, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War era protests | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts on the “post 1967 hippies” and the disease they created

Posted on March 28, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I was speaking of my impression of the hippies and hippy mentality. I said some interesting things: I should first point out that “hippies”, as I use it here, refer to the hippies after about 1967 when the movement … Continue reading →

Posted in Hippies and the hippy movement, Historical stuff, Mass hysteria, mass mentality, mass society, witch hunts, fanaticism, the mob, etc., The effects of WWII, the Nazi's, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War era protests, The U.S. and American society | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts on how many mental problems are not our own – “Proxy-Problems” and the imitation of other people’s problems

Posted on December 31, 2022 by mikespassingthoughts

It seems, to me, that we are seeing a new type of condition that seems to be growing. Basically, people are adopting mental problems and “issues” that aren’t their own. In other words, people are taking on problems that do … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the “impaired reaction complex” – the effect of an impaired self and an inability to react

Posted on May 19, 2022 by mikespassingthoughts

I often talk about what I call the “impaired reaction complex”. Here are some thoughts on it: THE “IMPAIRED REACTION COMPLEX” To me, the “impaired reaction complex” is something that primarily reflects the self and describes a problem associated with … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on fanaticism, with the Nazi and “black neo-Nazi mentality” as example, and with remarks about the “dead end philosophy”

Posted on May 13, 2022 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I said something that was interesting. I said, “is it me or are some black people starting to sound like Nazi’s?”. As I thought about what this meant I began to speak of what I jokingly called the “black … Continue reading →

Posted in Hatred, the hatist mentality, dislike of people, conflict between people, etc., Historical stuff, Mass hysteria, mass mentality, mass society, witch hunts, fanaticism, the mob, etc., Modern world, life, and society, Philosophy, Psychology and psychoanalysis, Society and sociology, The U.S. and American society | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts on the “doom and disaster mentality” – the influence that the hippie movement and Vietnam War protests had on me

Posted on April 25, 2022 by mikespassingthoughts

One thing I’ve never heard anyone talk about it what it was like to live during the Vietnam War and Hippie Movement as a kid. For me, it has had a dramatic impact on me. What it has done is … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the problems of freedom fanaticism and its effects, with remarks on the great irony, the democratic disease, and the qualities of fanaticisms and cults

Posted on April 21, 2022 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I have spoken a lot of what I call “freedom fanaticism”. This is a point of view and mentality that places the idea of oppression and freedom as all there is in life. Everything is looked at from that … Continue reading →

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