As soon as the blue states began winding down Covid restrictions, the invasion of Ukraine gave us something else to panic about. It's like the origins of the Covid virus: in the early days, when most of the authorities in the press were insisting that it had natural origins, I remember thinking, "There's a Level 4 Virology lab in this city, and the press says it's a coincidence?" 

No. That wasn't a coincidence, and I don't think the timing of the Ukraine invasion was a coincidence either. I think it has to do with Mattias Desmet's theory of mass formation psychosis. 

Organic Prepper published an article a few months ago about mass formation psychosis as it related to Covid policies, but I think it's worth revisiting the concept in the context of what's going on in Ukraine right now.

We cannot forget the lessons of the past.

If you listen to Mattias Desmet's interview with Chris Martenson on the Peak Prosperity podcast, he discusses the distinction between ordinary dictatorships and true totalitarian states. Dictatorships based on rule by the most powerful have been typical throughout history. Totalitarian states, where a seemingly insane portion of the population dictates reality for everyone else, is a very specific phenomenon. Desmet cites Rousseau's Reign of Terror and Nazi Germany as examples of societies that have undergone mass formation psychosis.