
© CC2.0/miragekaleCrowd Hysterics
When the so-called "Leader of the opposition" opposes protest against a new unelected head of state, out of respect for the previous unelected head of state, you know you live under totalitarianism.
Except almost all dictatorships do at least have the form of an election. Indeed, some of the worst dictators in modern history have been
genuinely elected, an unfortunate fact we generally prefer to elide.
Over a week of mob hysteria in the UK helps us to understand how.The psychological phenomenon of societal emotional spasm is fairly well studied
but still not necessarily fully explained. How we get to a stage where, in 2022, newspapers are seriously promoting as miraculous clouds that "look like the Queen", double rainbows or meteors, is a difficult question.
What is not in the doubt is the tendency of deluded mobs to turn on those who do not join in - and the capacity of the unscrupulous to exploit that power.Attempts to intimidate people out of protesting against the monarchy appear broadly to have succeeded. We saw some
hideous attacks on free speech over the last week, including
people arrested for holding up placards, for
peacefully expressing vocal dissent, or even for
carrying eggs or blank pieces of paper.
Comment: James Lindsay and Charlie Kirk were right when they said the left used the pandemic as a means to push their "totalising ideology." Following the money, once again, reveals the agenda.
See also: