There are deep waters in the swamp.

What have we gotten into with our government?

If you haven’t read about Operation “Paperclip” - you need to.

The information on that WWII era event was only declassified after about 2000 - So any prior information is not complete. Heck I even was trained at an Air Force Base where one of the buildings was solidly named after one of the Paperclip “Nazi Doctors”… oh but that is ancient history? Not likely.

If you haven’t read about Operation “Mockingbird” - you need to. Our CIA has been very involved in spinning the news in our Main Stream Media for a long time. Pravda (the name of the Moscow newspaper in the Cold War) has nothing on the intertwining of media, government and the deep state in the USA.

If you haven’t seen the George Clooney movie about “Men Who Stare at Goats” - you should. It actually says in the first clips that the events are partially true.. but don’t say which events. I am aware of some of those which were true due to a close relationship with a Surgeon buddy who was there, and participated. He is now deceased.. but let’s just say “In Vino Veritas”.. oh yes he was tight lipped but occasionally, at social events in close huddles of three or four guys he was telling another “tall tale” Probably not so tall. And with that.. I am done with those revelations.

I am not pointing a finger at any official US Government institution.. But I suspect it might be one with three letters in the acronym. That covers lots of agencies (who likely will be reading this - as they say in Saudi… (Ma’Lesh)

But the point is - Mass Formation Psychosis.. heck what a term. As a cardiac surgeon I was more interested in idiopathic sub aortic hypertrophic Stenosis… kinda rhymed with “supercallifragilisticexpealidoshis” for the little girls! Made them giggle.

But This Mass formation psychosis is focused on the whole world! Not just USA.

This recent piece in the “Tablet” - a superb periodical I enjoy from Israel - deserves a look.

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/banality-of-good-mattias-desmet-totalitarianism