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Totalitarian domination as a form of government is new, in that it bases itself on loneliness,

on the experience of not belonging to the world at all, which is among the most radical and desperate

experiences of man.

Many people have amnesia regarding the fact that a mere few years ago we were forced to seclude ourselves in our homes,

banned from partaking in social activities and attending communal gatherings,

and even told to maintain distance from others when out in public or in our own homes.

What was the intention of this extreme social isolation?

Was it to protect us?

Or is there a more nefarious reason behind the social distancing and isolation we were forced

to endure?

In this video, we explain how tyrants and totalitarians in the 20th century and into the

modern day have attempted to isolate

and atomize individuals in order to make them easier to control.

In his book Community and Power, Robert Nisbet writes,

The genius of totalitarian leadership lies in its profound awareness that human personality cannot tolerate moral isolation.

It lies further, in its knowledge that absolute and relentless power will be acceptable, only when it comes to seem the only available form of community.

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