The Hidden Enemy We Love;
Psychology Makes Socialism Possible
Psychology grew out of the Enlightenment’s belief that man can gain Control through Reason. Nothing was as devastating and enigmatic as what came to labeled as mental illness. Since the spiritual is not empirical and works-based religions powerless, Man seemed condemned to suffer these inexplicable bouts of madness. Asylums were developed to house, imprison, those afflicted under the most brutal conditions imaginable. As if that were not enough, treatments were merely disguised forms of torture; some of which are still being used today. Was there no hope? Was there no cure? Then two men showed the way out of this morass; or did they? Sigmund Freud and Ivan Pavlov separately developed workable methodologies that promised to alleviate the suffering. However, the Twentieth Century proved that far from being cures these men developed the very tools necessary for YOU to accept and embrace Socialism. What promised to cure actually Controls the healthy by making them appear mentally ill. Continue reading “Hidden Enemy We Love”