THE FALLACY OF ORGANIZED RELIGION, POLITICAL MOVEMENTS & THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MASSES

My intent is to isolate the pathos from the logos in my topics.  Now remember, I am my own man.  No denomination but a devout Christian as I believe faith and belief is a DEEPLY personal issue.  No political party—can’t stand government or controlling institutions.  And, yes, I have questioned the “science” since I got thrown out of my first Darwin evolution class in the 10^th grade—my parents made me curious and dad was proud of me when he picked me up. 

         The Psychology of the Masses was first introduced by French polymath Gustave Le Bon in 1895.  Simply put, his argument was that isolated individuals in a crowd lose their rational control, are willing to adopt a collective “group think” for empowerment and become highly impulsive, susceptible to pathos, lose their sense of logic, and become easily manipulated.  They can maintain their anonymity in the crowd, are highly contagious to others in the crowd, strongly influenced by suggestion, and eventually are the catalyst for others to use rational thought.

         Keys to this are strong leaders, these publicly named leaders by news and social media use grand powers and false promises of illusion, and the simple tactic of repetition.  For example, in today’s world of politics and religion.  The mega-preachers of prosperity teaching from the pulpit, or the so-called “science” of Herr Fauci Mengele, and politics of MAGA or so-called “social democracy” all hit every ticket on Le Bon’s assertions.  The devil is always in the details—so, let’s break it down.

The Motte and Bailey Fallacy is the bait and switch in the psychology of the masses.  The “Bailey” is some far-fetched claim that has far-reaching influence through twisting of Truth in the Scripture to deny someone communion or grab more money for tribute; or that science and psychology supports cutting off body parts to make boys into girls, or that killing the unborn up to delivery time is okay; or that you are evil and uncaring if you are a conservative.  This automatically is tied to the “Motte” which is a fundamentally safe claim used to shift mass mentality in the mindset of thinking that something is okay.

For example, abortion is a women’s health issue…is it?  Sometimes, but it is born out of lack of discipline and self-control.  You have to pay money to the church or you can’t take communion and isolate a Scripture to support two false narratives at once.  Conservatives are evil and uncaring—yet, they are the highest donating class to charities and emergencies.  Repeat it enough times and it becomes a truth and serves to radicalize thought and the logical progression of being curious in seeking Truth.

What all of these elements do is frame and form a “comfortable lie.”  That you call someone “father” who has never sired a child.  Calling politicians “public servants.”  The right calling progressives as communists or conservatives as racist Nazi’s and vice versa from the progressive left.  Apparently, everyone is a Nazi, fascist (undefinable by the old, middle and upper class, guilt-ridden, white ladies hormonally protesting “no kings” in the streets).  Your taxes are all accounted for and spent for the general welfare.  This all starts the hyperbolic machine that perpetuates itself until the next lie emerges.  Eventually true and false no longer matter, nor do grades, just emotional kids soccer trophy moments fueled by propaganda from the scientists.

This now shifts the entire Overton window from taking the irrational, emotional, unthinkable into a seemingly logical conclusion over time and either becoming a denominational, dogmatic religion that you HAVE to be for fear of hell, a political party that you HAVE to be or you will lose all family and friends, science that you HAVE to follow, and even psychology the so-called science that is immeasurable and accomplished nothing.  Now add the trending algorithms of AI into the equation and you will get sermons from a computer, politics from artificial trendlines, and even policies that are nonsensical…apparently if you have a rainbow shawl and priestly vestment you are somehow an unquestionable “expert,” and the same applies in the universities.  Bottom line, be curious.  Have a little Missouri in you that says, “SHOW ME.”