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Alistair Penbroke's avatar

Out of curiousity have you read about this "mass formation" anywhere other than Desmet's interviews? I did a quick search for it after seeing his original interview and it appears to be a term that is basically never used. I wonder if maybe it's an odd translation of a different term in English.

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Vanda Salvini's avatar

Sounds the same as mass hysteria:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33546144/

Actually, the abstract pretty much describes exactly what is happening.

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Wow, phenomenal find, Vanda!

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el bicho palo's avatar

I think it's his term. I think he invented it

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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

Good question! Desmet is the first person IтАЩve heard that specific term from, although the concept dates back millennia, from ├Йtienne de La Bo├йtie to Machiavelli to Gustave Le Bon to Joost Meerloo.

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