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Do you keep your opinions to yourself because you’re afraid people will reject you? Do you sign on to a cause just because everyone around you acts like it’s the right thing to do? About The Weaponization of Loneliness “Terror can rule absolutely only over men who are isolated against each other. . . . Therefore, one of the primary concerns of all tyrannical government is to bring this isolation about.” – Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism Do you keep your opinions to yourself because you’re afraid people will reject you? Do you sign on to a cause just because everyone around you acts like it’s the right thing to do? Welcome to The Weaponization of Loneliness. Tyrants of all stripes want to tell you what to believe and how to live your life. They get away with it by using the most potent weapon at their disposal: your fear of ostracism. This book explains how dictators—from the French Revolution to the Communist Party of China to today’s globalists—aim to atomize us in order to control us. We fall for it because our need to connect with others and our fear of social rejection are so hardwired that they trigger our conformity impulse. These dynamics can even cause us to comply with evil orders. We all need a better understanding of how the merchants of loneliness—power elites in Big Tech, Big Media, Big Government, academia, Hollywood, and the corporate world— exploit our terror of social isolation. Their divide-and-conquer tactics include identity politics, political correctness, and mob agitation. Their media monopoly spawns the propaganda essential to demonization campaigns, censorship, cancel culture, snitch culture, struggle sessions, the criminalization of comedy, and the subversion of society’s most fundamental institutions. It all adds up to a machinery of loneliness. Ironically, people tend to comply with this machinery to avoid loneliness, but such compliance only isolates us further. The Weaponization of Loneliness also offers a message of hope. We can resist this psychological warfare if we have strong bonds in our families, faith communities, and friendships. Let’s resolve to talk to one another openly and often, especially about the consequences of giving in to social pressures and media hype. Indeed, totalitarians always seek to destroy private life because it is the very fount of freedom. Buy Now Sharyl Attkisson, Emmy Award winning investigative reporter "Stella Morabito cracks the code of one of today's most powerful political weapons: isolation. The Weaponization of Loneliness is an eye-opening and chilling look at how propagandists use the tool to enforce compliance and smear dissenters."

Starting a book club with interested friends and acquaintances is fun and easy.  Please first subscribe to this website. Some Tips on Starting a Book Club Starting a book club with interested friends and acquaintances is fun and easy. Please first subscribe to this website. Then, to register your club on this site, click on the “start a book club tab” below and fill in the form. You and your members will then have a built-in platform here to privately message your other club members with questions and comments on the materials between your meetings. There is also the option of “Stella’s Book Club Central,” which is open to questions and comments (as much as I can manage!) from all subscribers. If you’ve never started a book club before, continue reading below for tips. Who and What? Invite friendly people who would be interested in learning about the thesis of the weaponization of loneliness. Here’s a sample invitation: “Hi, _______! Would you like to join me and some other folks to form a book club to learn about the ways loneliness and isolation are used to divide and control people? It will be based on the book The Weaponization of Loneliness by Stella Morabito. The club is going to dive into her book first, and then look at other books, as well as articles, documentaries, and movies related to the theme. Here’s a link to the website www.stellasbookclub.com that will help you get more familiar with the project. I hope you can join us!” If you’re searching for local members, you can start a club on this website and designate it as “private" listing, but be sure it's visible to subscribers. Please list only the county and state where you expect to meet. That will give registered visitors to this site the option to “request to join” your club and introduce themselves to the leader who can then contact them and get acquainted. Once you’ve reached your limit of members, you can then change from "visible" to "hidden," if you like. How many people? I believe book clubs work best with 8-10 people, sometimes less and sometimes more, depending on level of commitment and expected absences. The leader should make sure everyone has a chance to participate and that the conversation doesn’t get monopolized by just one or two people. Where to meet? Enthusiastic leaders might be happy to host in their home for all meetings. Some clubs prefer to rotate hosting duties. Others will reserve a meeting room at their local library or other place such as a community center or café. When to meet? You decide the best times as well as the frequency of meetings. Most clubs meet once a month. If you decide on a 12-month commitment, that will allow you to get through The Weaponization of Loneliness and the eight most relevant books to the theme. There will also be recommended movies and documentaries and articles that supplement the readings. Beyond 12 months will allow you an even deeper dive. There are scores of multi-media materials related to this topic. Zoom option? Ideally, people will meet in person, but your club might like to include a Zoom option when or if this isn’t possible. Structure: You will find a guide to each session published on this website under the sub-tab “Guide to Sessions .” Each session will feature a brief summary and three or four study questions for discussion, as well as a few optional supplementary materials such as movie clips. The first four sessions will delve into the primary book, The Weaponization of Loneliness . If your club would like to condense your study of that book into fewer sessions, just make sure you allow enough time to cover the material. In any case, other materials will be introduced with the designation "fifth session." START A BOOK CLUB NOW!

Gain valuable insights from discussions that delve deep into human behavior, cultural trends, and thought-provoking ideas. Tune in to engage with compelling narratives and enrich your understanding of contemporary issues. Select Audio Interviews Check out Brandon Showalter’s Exploration of How Some Saw Transmania on the Horizon Years Ago If you are interested in how a mind virus can take over whole societies, the insanity of transgenderism is a perfect case study for... The Ingraham Angle, with Laura Ingraham Chris Stigall, KCMO Philadelphia Interview Dennis Prager Show Stella talks to Dennis Prager about her book. Dennis starts talking about The Weaponization of Loneliness at 1:05:35 Hillsdale Radio Hour with Garrett Gooldby The Ben Domenech Podcast, FOX News Check out Brandon Showalter’s Exploration of How Some Saw Transmania on the Horizon Years Ago Stella Morabito: The Government is Weaponizing Loneliness Against The Citizenry The Reckoning, with Timothy Shea David Craig on Return to Reason Chris Stigall KCMO Philadelphia “The Answer” Live from CPACv The Adult in the Room with Victoria Taft How the Metaverse Would Serve to Atomize and Dehumanize Us Mornings with Jimmy Lakey, KCOL Rory Sauter Show An Absolute Favorite Radio Host: Vicki McKenna! “The Brian McClain Show” on TNT Radio Interviews on my book, The Weaponization of Loneliness “The Jason Rantz Show,” KTTH Seattle With Sandy Rios, American Family Radio “The Right Take” with Mark Tapson, Horowitz Freedom Center, “The Weaponization of Loneliness” featuring Stella Morabito -- December 12, 2022 With Brian Thomas 55KRC in Cincinnati Long Story Short Podcast with Liz Callaway With Jimmy Barrett, Houston TX The Randy Tobler Show” News Talk St. Louis The George Eliason Show Mornings with Jimmy Lakey, KCOL Podcast with Andy Hooser Podcast with Leland Conway

"Dive into the dynamic interplay between written documents and policy discussions in this insightful exploration. Discover how written work shapes and influences policy talks, offering valuable perspectives and strategies for effective communication and decision-making in various contexts." All Federalist Articles Family Betrayal is a Democrat Specialty and a Totalitarian Tradition How to Combat the Censorship-Industrial Complex No Matter Who Wins the Election Yes, Democrats and Their Propaganda Media Support Late-Term Abortion and Infanticide "Joy" Rhetoric is an Orwellian Attempt to Hide Democrats' Hatred Socialism and Communism are Just Weasel Words for Slavery Father Hunger Fuels the Persistence of Father's Day Murthy v. 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Even in childhood I puzzled over the social force of shunning and how the threat of it deeply affects human bonding and behavior.. This fascination stayed with me as I observed the effects of political correctness. About Stella Morabito My book, The Weaponization of Loneliness , represents a lifetime observing the uses of social isolation as a weapon to control people. Even in childhood I puzzled over the social force of shunning and how the threat of it deeply affects human bonding and behavior. I noticed how people often conformed mindlessly--and even imitated rude behaviors-- to avoid ridicule or to gain status. This fascination stayed with me as I observed the effects of political correctness in college. During my postgraduate work in Russian and Soviet history—particularly the study of Stalin’s Reign of Terror--I realized that these dynamics can play out on a far larger scale. And I concluded that social isolation was the common tool of all tyrannies to control entire populations. Bullies always seek to sever bonds of love and loyalty because those relationships stand in the way of their control over people. As Hannah Arendt noted in her classic book The Origins of Totalitarianism , tyrannical governments always seek to isolate people in order to control them. That’s why they are always at war with the family and traditional religion. They seek to turn children against their parents, women and men against each other, blacks against “whites,” and so on. Obviously, this weakens our social bonds and trust. If left unchallenged, our personal relationships end up either under their control or abolished altogether. I connected the dots further when I served as an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. As I tracked and analyzed the effects of communist media and propaganda, I noted that the common denominator was social isolation, demonizing others and referring to them as “non-persons.” I continued to observe the connection between loneliness and totalitarianism after resigning from the CIA to stay at home with my children. I noticed it in the increasing use of propaganda in media. I tracked the social dynamics of people in politics, in public school cliques, in my neighborhood, and just about everywhere in daily life. I later began writing about issues of psychological warfare, the cult mindset, and propaganda for a variety of publications, especially at The Federalist where I have been a senior contributor since 2014. My husband and I have raised our three children to adulthood. I homeschooled for a substantial length of time while the children were young. I also served for a while as a public school substitute teacher, an experience that offered me new perspectives of the destructive social dynamics in school settings. I am an Orthodox Christian, baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church, and currently attending a Western Rite Antiochian Orthodox church. I started Stella’s Book Club to help spread awareness about the weaponization of loneliness because such awareness is key to overcoming the forces that seek to divide and conquer us. If more people can detect those patterns and talk about them, I believe they gain inner strength to resist them. Whatever else happens, I believe we must spread such awareness if we ever hope to renew civil society and preserve freedom. Schedule an Interview

Explore the power of these video interviews in this engaging text. Gain insights into effective interview techniques, storytelling, and communication strategies that captivate audiences and convey impactful messages. Select Video Interviews Fear, Isolation, and the Fight for Our Minds with Stella Morabito Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey – BLAZE TV, “How to Solve the Loneliness Epidemic” Episode 892 A Wide-ranging Conversation about Social Isolation with Bill Walton and Mark Tapscott Dinesh D’Souza Podcast, Episode 649, August 23, 2023 Stella Morabito: The Impulse to Conform and Astroturf Mobs Versus Organic Protest About My Un-aired Interview with Tucker Carlson Fear, Isolation, and the Fight for Our Minds with Stella Morabito C-SPAN Book TV has Aired My Speech about The Weaponization of Loneliness Sam Sorbo and I talk about the weaponization of loneliness and its effect on children Interview with Steve Deace on The Weaponization of Loneliness My Interview with the Splendid Mercedes Schlapp Interview with investigative journalist Masako Nahala and Professor Jason Morgan The Grey Matter Podcast with Leighton Grey Stella Morabito, The Weaponization of Loneliness, Richard Vague, The Paradox of Debt, Rhus Tox, NM G With OAN’s Nathaniel Mannor A Wide-ranging Conversation about Social Isolation with Bill Walton and Mark Tapscott The Charlie Kirk Show Interview with Jonathan Tobin of Jewish News Service, May 24, 2023, “How the Left Weaponizes Loneliness” Securing America with Stella Morabito The Bill Walton Show. Episode 226: The Weaponization of Loneliness,” with Bill and Sarah Walton STELLA MORABITO - THE WEAPONIZATION OF LONELINESS With CBN News, “The New Global Tyrants Trying to Control Young Minds,” February 18, 2023 Woke Social Control | Stella Morabito on The Dr J Show ep. 170 Self-Censorship Gives Power to Tyrants | Stella Morabito | David Craig | Return to Reason Daily Caller Leaders with Ginni Thomas Special guest: Stella Morabito, Author & Commentator “Our Loneliness? A Weapon in the Hands of Tyrants: The War on Parents: Is Criticism of Educators Worthy of Censorship A Wonderful Discussion with Tony Rucinski of Britain's Coalition for Marriage about how the War o... “The Weaponization of Loneliness: The Tyrant’s Choice for Control,” Episode 218 of Economic War Room Michael Savage – “Sneak Preview: How Loneliness is Used by Governments” With Addison Smith, OAN, How The Left Weaponizes Loneliness In Children Securing America with Stella Morabito The Ben Domenech Podcast on FOX News, “How the Left Has Weaponized Loneliness,” October 2022 With Robert Scott Bell – “The Machinery of Loneliness”

Stella’s Book Club | Stella Morabito is to answer two fundamental questions. Why do we keep falling for the same old traps? And how do tyrants keep getting away with it? Thus help build knowledge and resistance to the weaponization of loneliness Welcome to Stella's Book Club! About Stella’s Book Club Tyrants of all kinds – from schoolyard bullies to fascist dictators -- have always used the natural human terror of social rejection to try to control your speech, your behavior, and your personal relationships. A few of their tools include propaganda, mobs, political correctness, and censorship. The irony is that our compliance leads us into greater isolation, not less! This is nothing new. So why do we keep falling for the same old traps? And how do tyrants keep getting away with it? The goal of Stella’s Book Club is to answer those two fundamental questions, and thus help build knowledge and resistance to the weaponization of loneliness The Weaponization of Loneliness Do you keep your opinions to yourself because you’re afraid people will reject you? Do you sign on to a cause just because everyone around you acts like it’s the right thing to do? Welcome to The Weaponization of Loneliness. Tyrants of all stripes want to tell you what to believe and how to live your life. They get away with it by using the most potent weapon at their disposal: your fear of ostracism. Buy Now Barnes & Noble Amazon To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. What People Are Saying: Sharyl Attkisson, Emmy Award winning investigative reporter "Stella Morabito cracks the code of one of today's most powerful political weapons: isolation. The Weaponization of Loneliness is an eye-opening and chilling look at how propagandists use the tool to enforce compliance and smear dissenters." Guide to Book Club Sessions Stella’s Book Club will begin with an overview of her book to familiarize members with the thesis of The Weaponization of Loneliness . For each session there is a guide below that contains a brief summary along with study questions to promote discussion within your group. If your club prefers to condense these four sessions into two or three, just allow time to cover the material. After the discussion of The Weaponization of Loneliness , the designated “fifth session” will mark the beginning of our deep dive into several other books that will help us explore the methods and psychology behind the weaponization of loneliness and how to resist it. Members may supplement the reading at their leisure with additional materials-- articles or movies or clips--where indicated. All Federalist Articles Family Betrayal is a Democrat Specialty and a Totalitarian Tradition How to Combat the Censorship-Industrial Complex No Matter Who Wins the Election Yes, Democrats and Their Propaganda Media Support Late-Term Abortion and Infanticide "Joy" Rhetoric is an Orwellian Attempt to Hide Democrats' Hatred Socialism and Communism are Just Weasel Words for Slavery Father Hunger Fuels the Persistence of Father's Day Murthy v. Missouri is Not Only About Coercing Big Tech But Controlling Individuals Speaking Openly About Isolation Can Help Us Resist Tyranny Toxic Bosses Like United Airlines' Vaccine-Pushing CEO Must Be Held Accountable Barack Obama Is Still Forcing His Unwanted ‘Change’ On America University Students’ Support for Terrorism Isn’t Ideology, It’s Conditioning I Rented a Tesla for a Week and Am Totally Sold on Gas-Powered Cars Yes, Hillary Clinton is a Big Fan of “The Weaponization of Loneliness” Beware of Bureaucrats Wanting to be Your BFF Federal Loneliness ‘Advisory’ Threatens to Destroy Freedom by Occupying Private Life Federal Loneliness Advisory Sketches Blueprint For Regulating Everyone’s Private Life To Address the Loneliness Epidemic, The Feds Want to Control Your Town and Friends I Taped a Show With Tucker Carlson on Censorship Right Before He Was Fired Leftist Invaders Will Soon Be in Your Corner of Red America If They Haven’t Colonized It Already Stanford Mob Shows How Speech Restrictions Reinforce Social Isolation ‘Conspiracy Theorist’ is a Slur Meant to Silence Us If Marriage Can Mean Anything, It Will Soon Mean Nothing The ‘Whiteness’ Smear Is Really an Attack on Private Life, Relationships, and Universal Values Identity Politics Stems from Young People’s Quest to Answer the Question: ‘Who Am I?’ Why Women are So Susceptible to Political Correctness How the Weaponization of Loneliness Feeds on Humans’ Conformity Impulse How Mao’s Cultural Revolution Waged War on the Private Mind To Stop Totalitarianism, We Must Understand How it Weaponizes Loneliness In One of History’s Biggest Fires 100 Years Ago, Humble People Became Major Heroes Pronoun Police are Playing an Unfunny Game of ‘Hu’s on First?’ Kamala Harris’s Pronoun Charade is About a Lot More than Bad Manners Why the J6 Committee’s Attacks on Ginni Thomas’s Free Speech are a Totalitarian Attack on Every American The Only Way to Fight Disinformation is to Fight Political Censorship How Compulsive Conformity Can Get People Killed Why Ruling Class Minions Are So Suddenly Doing Damage Control on Covid If the Left Ends Parent Rights, You Might Need a License to Raise Your Own Child 4 Indispensable Conditions for a Truly Free and Fair Election Virginia Democrats Claim Free-and-Fair Election While Rigging It Again Why Communism Should Be Tried for Its Crimes Against Humanity How Ending Freedom of Expression Gives Up Your Right to a Private Life 8 Ways Public Schools Could Further Radicalize When They Finally Re-Open Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Also Killed Priceless Cultural Memories Ignoring and Ridiculing Election Fraud Concerns Will Not Make Them Go Away Masks are Another Way to Control Society Through Isolation 7 Open Leftist Threats That Political Terror is Coming to America Whether Trump Wins or Not Pay Attention to Local Elections, Because Whoever Wins Can Make Your Life Miserable Forced Denunciations and ‘Sensitivity Training’ Mimic Communist Brainwashing Tactics Critical Race Theory is a Classic Communist Divide-and-Conquer Tactic How Forced Isolation Makes Huge Power Grabs Possible Deep Inside, Rioters Are Angry That They Never Learned Anything But Lies Why Do So Many White Women Hate Themselves? How Socialists Like Black Lives Matter Weaponize Our Fears of Loneliness Pandemic Panic Has Magnified the Worst Impulses of the Power-Hungry Elite The Christian Answer to Isolation and Tyranny is to Love One Another Would Saint Valentine Be a Christian Martyr for Marriage Again Today? 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Curated Video Clips Related to the Theme of the Weaponization of Loneliness Curated Video Clips Related to the Theme of the Weaponization of Loneliness Asch Line Experiment and social pressure. Note how having a "partner" within a group reduces conformity. "The Honecker Joke" -- Scene from the 2006 movie The Lives of Others. An employee joins his co-workers in the cafeteria of the headquarters of the East German Stasi (secret police) and tells a politically incorrect joke about the nation's communist leader -- unaware that the head honcho can overhear him. [Spoiler alert: the boss wasn't "kidding" about ruining Alex's career.] Trailer from the 2015 film: Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story. This movie delves into the story behind Stanley Milgram's famous "shock experiments" in social conformity and "obedience to authority." Since Milgram was a student of Solomon Asch, there is background to the Asch experiments in the movie as well. Trailer from the 2014 movie The Giver. Based on the dystopian novel by Lois Lowry, The Giver portrays life in a dystopia where where "sameness" is the rule and cultural memory is hidden from all. "The Loyalty Dance" is a scene from 1987 movie The Last Emperor . Mao Zedong's mob of loyal Red Guard youth "justifies" the revolution and its uses of violence against perceived enemies. On the sidelines are victims of struggle sessions who have been singled out for humiliation and social rejection. Below is a trailer for the management training film, "The Abilene Paradox." It's based on the book by professor of management, Jerry Harvey, who wrote about the negative effects of self-censorship on real progress and communication. The film depicts the social dynamics of mindless "agreement" in everyday settings as well as in business settings.

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I compiled the select bibliography below to reflect themes in my book, The Weaponization of Loneliness.  It is by no means exhaustive.  Several of the entries are classics that seem to have been lost until recent years. Select Bibliography I compiled the select bibliography below to reflect themes in my book, The Weaponization of Loneliness . It is by no means exhaustive. Several of the entries are classics that seem to have been lost until recent years. After the first sessions discussing The Weaponization of Loneliness , Stella's Book Club will draw from many of the titles below. The syllabus for that first book consists of four sessions because there is so much material to cover within it. Your club may decide to condense the sessions for the first book into three or two or even pack it into one session before proceeding to other works. If so, please allow time to absorb the material. The longer books in the bibliography below can be overwhelming, so I will generally offer selections from the most critical chapters or pages of those books to discuss. More details to follow. Attkisson, Sharyl. The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What you Think, and How you Vote . New York: Harper, 2017. Emmy-awarding winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson describes how elites silence people through harassment and smears. Bernays, Edward. Propaganda , 1928. This is the book that gives away the game of power elites. Written by "the father of public relations" and nephew of psycho-analyst Sigmund Freud. Cacioppo, John T., and Patrick, William. Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection . New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. An overview of why we’re so hard-wired to connect. Cialdini, Robert. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion . New York: Harper Business, 2006 (first published 1986) Cialdini has been a professor of marketing as well as psychology, and has been described as “godfather of persuasion.” Ellul, Jacques . Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes . This is the premier classic on how propaganda works and why it is ever more dangerous in an increasingly technological society. Havel, Vaclav. “The Power of the Powerless ” (1978) in Open Letters: Selected Writings 1965-1990 . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. An extraordinary essay that explains that the private sphere of life (the "hidden sphere") is of critical importance for preserving freedom. Hoffer, Eric. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements . New York: HarperCollins, originally published in 1951. This book is key to understanding how mobs form and how the mob mindset works. Jung, Carl. The Undiscovered Self (1957) is a very slim volume—basically a long essay—packed with insights about how manipulating the human psyche ends up empowering the mass state and destroying individual freedom. Lessing, Doris. Prisons We Choose to Live Inside , New York: Harper and Row, 1987. Lessing (1919-2013) was a famous icon of feminism, a Nobel laureate in literature, and became a strong opponent of totalitarianism in later life. Resisting group think is key to freedom. Meerloo, Joost M. M. The Rape of the Mind: the Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing . New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1956. This book cracks the code on groupthink. This is the book that prompted Stella to write her Federalist article “How to Escape the Age of Mass Delusion ” which Rush Limbaugh read verbatim and discussed at length on his show (June 15, 2015.) Morabito, Stella. The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our Fear of Isolation to Silence, Divide, and Conquer . New York/Nashville: Bombardier Books, 2022. Nisbet, Robert. The Quest for Community . Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2010. (First published 1953.) In this classic, renowned sociologist Robert Nisbet recognizes that tyrants always seek to destroy the private sphere of life. Noelle-Neumann, Elisabeth. The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion – Our Social Skin . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. Noelle-Neumann developed a model called “the spiral of silence” whereby our fear of expressing our opinions allows opposing opinions to dominate even if they are not majority opinions. Packard, Vance . The Hidden Persuaders , first published 1957. Vance Packard was the first to illustrate how advertisers used “depth psychology” to profit off of the innermost desires and fears of the public. Schouten, Ronald, MD, JD and Silver, James, JD. Almost a Psychopath . Hazelton Publishing, Harvard Health Publications, Harvard Medical School, 2012. This book clarifies what it means to be an “almost-psychopath” – a high functioning and persuasive tyrant who (unlike a full-blown psychopath)--can reach the highest levels of power in government, business, and education by preying on others. Singer, Margaret Thaler. Cults in Our Midst: the Hidden Menace in our Everyday Lives , San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995. Singer (1921-2005) explains how coercive persuasion causes people to do things they would have never dreamt of doing had they not fallen under its influence. Wilcox, Laird (ed.) Propaganda, Persuasion and Deception: Over 1,120 Selected Quotations for the Ideological Skeptic . A fantastic reference work compiled by expert on propaganda, the late Laird Wilcox (d. November 2023) known for founding and maintaining The Wilcox Collection on Political Extremism at the University of Kansas. Winn, Denise. The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning, Indoctrination . Malor Books, first published 1983. This book serves as an excellent primer to understanding how easily people can be psychologically manipulated. A FEW SELECTIONS OF FICTION THAT SHOW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CONFORMITY AND DYSTOPIA: We , Yevgeniy Zamyatin (1920’s) In this novel, the earth’s remaining inhabitants in “The One State” have developed a mechanical, predictable society and are now ready to travel through space to absorb all other life forms to become part of their Borg-like hive mind. And yet there are some who resist. I wrote an article about We which you can access at this link: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2013/09/the_dynamics_of_tyranny.html You can read George Orwell’s 1946 review of We in the London Tribune: https://orwell.ru/library/reviews/zamyatin/english/e_zamy Brave New World , Aldous Huxley . Humans have bioengineered and conditioned themselves into castes. Sex has become entirely recreational, and people soothe away their uneasy feelings with the drug “soma.” Nineteen-Eighty-Four , George Orwell . In this surveillance society, no one can develop bonds of trust or loyalty. Events are sent down the “memory hole.” People dutifully perform their “two minutes hate.” The Giver , Lois Lowry , 1993. A society devotes itself to “sameness” so that suffering will disappear from life. But there is no emotional depth, no cultural memory, nothing that truly binds people together. “The Grand Inquisitor” chapter in The Brothers Karamazov , Fedor Dostoyevsky. Do people at root reject freedom? This question lies at the heart of the story told by Ivan Karamazov to his brother, the monk Alyosha in Dostoyevsky’s classic novel. "Harrison Bergeron," 1961 short story by Kurt Vonnegut – Everyone is made to be equal by the office of the “Handicapper General” who disables any special talent or attractiveness one person might have over another. "The New Utopia," by Jerome K. Jerome (1891) In one of the first modern dystopian stories, there is an attempt to make everyone equal by “leveling down” everyone, rather than allowing for any real diversity of human beings. https://archive.org/details/the-new-utopia SELECTION OF RELATED ARTICLES AND ESSAYS: American Psychological Association. The APA-suppressed DIMPAC report . DIMPAC stands for “Deceptive and Indirect Methods of Persuasion and Control.” In the aftermath of much cult activity in the twentieth century—which culminated in the 1978 Jonestown massacre—the American Psychological Association asked cult expert Margaret Thaler Singer (author of the book Cults in Our Midst) to head up a task force to provide recommendations to the APA, but then decided not to publish it. The DIMPAC report is extremely difficult to locate on the Internet. Here I link to one (incomplete) copy of it: https://www.culteducation.com/report-of-the-apa-task-force-on-deceptive-and-indirect-techniques-of-persuasion-and-control.html Asch, Solomon. “Opinions and Social Pressure,” Scientific American, Vol. 193, 1955 https://archive.org/details/solomon-asch_confirmaty/mode/2up Professor Asch is known for his famous "line experiment" in social conformity. Commission on Children at Risk. “Hardwired to Connect: A Report to the Nation.” In Authoritative Communities: The Scientific Case for Nurturing the Whole Child, edited by Kathleen Kovner Kline, _pages_. _City_: Springer Science-Business Media, LLC, 2008. The findings of this study, first published in 2003, found that mental health is largely dependent upon two primary connections among human beings: with family and with the transcendent (religion.) Deneen, Patrick. “How a Generation Lost its Common Culture.” Minding the Campus, February 2, 2016. https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2016/02/02/how-a-generation-lost-its-common-culture/ . The tragedy of the loss of our common culture through an education establishment that no longer imparts real knowledge. Fromm-Reichmann, Frieda. “Loneliness.” Psychiatry , 22:1-15, 1959. https://psptraining.com/wp-content/uploads/Fromm-ReichmannF.-CPS_Loneliness.pdf The famed psychotherapist Frieda Fromm-Reichmann offers her thesis on the connection between a deep feeling of social isolation and psychosis. “How to Recognize a Mind Hacker .” https://njsafeandsound.org/NJSS_Mind_Hacking_Alert_Guide.pdf This is a very useful pamphlet put out by anti-cult organization, NJ Safe and Sound . It’s intended to guard against family separation by building awareness of a cult technique called “predatory alienation ,” which turns the recruit against his loved ones. Jones, Ron. “The Third Wave.” Co-Evolution Quarterly, 1976. https://www.thewavehome.com/ This website explores a famous 1967 experiment in social conformity at a Palo Alto high school. Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language.” Horizon, April 1946. https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/ In this famous essay, Orwell makes the connection between the manipulation of our language and the manipulation of our minds. Sunstein, Cass. “Breaking Up the Echo,” New York Times, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/balanced-news-reports-may-only-inflame.html In this brief article, left-wing intellectual Cass Sunstein explains how “surprise validators” can persuade people to change their views. The surprise validator is someone you can identify with, but whose views are unexpected. (For example, the black conservative or the radical feminist who challenges gender theory.) Wilcox, Laird. “The Practice of Ritual Defamation: How Values, Opinions, and Beliefs are Controlled in Democratic Societies.” 1990. http://lairdwilcox.com/news/defame.html This very brief essay is a must-read for understanding how cancel culture works. SOME MOVIES RELATED TO THE THEME OF IMPOSED ISOLATION AS A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL WEAPON: The Children’s Story , by James Clavell, 25 minute TV movie, 1980. From the intro by Peter Ustinov: “What's brainwashing? And what's the difference between "education" and "re-education"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1AL3WFzsv0 Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story , 2015. This film traces the development of the famous and controversial “shock” experiments by Yale professor Stanley Milgram in the 1960s. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1VOZhwRvWo The Lives of Others , 2006, German with English subtitles. This film shows life in the surveillance society of 1980’s East Germany before the Berlin Wall came down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_iLOp6IhM&t=2s One of the most chilling scenes is “The Honnecker Joke” It’s worthy of an entire discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8vDQaAYaQg Angi Vera, Hungarian film with English subtitles, by Pal Gabor, 1978. (The DVD is not easy to obtain, but is worth the search: Currently available with English subtitles online here: https://rarefilmm.com/2019/07/angi-vera-1979/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Xt3f2Mg48 After the communist takeover of Hungary in 1948, the Stalinist regime worked to re-construct the entire human infrastructure of the nation so that only those who conform to the new order are in positions of authority. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xCz7TfgOjM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l72xXYmkbi0 Marty (Ernest Borginine) 1955 – A middle aged bachelor finds love but is about to throw it away because his buddies refer to Marty’s new girlfriend as a “dog” and pressure him to break up with her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6e1M2d4BJ0&t=66s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , 1939. In this movie we can see the anatomy of a demonization campaign. Mr. Smith committed the ultimate crime in elitist Washington: trying to expose corruption. Cancel culture ensues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPv0S1-ETdI Gaslight (Ingrid Bergman) 1944 – “Gaslight” is the story that coined the term “gaslighting” as a form of psychological abuse and manipulation through imposed isolation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp5iPmpZiNE The Giver , 2014. A dystopian community is founded on the premise that sameness will save us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvp6FnYWRZU The Wave . Based on real life story by high school teacher Ron Jones – dramatization of social experiment at a Palo Alto High School, 1968. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWxLNENgMc Mean Girls , 2004 – Quintessential teen high school movie. However, it provides a microcosm of the weaponry of loneliness in action. The queen bees try to control everybody’s relationships and reputations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDU84nmSDZY A few other videos that provide studies in isolation and psychological manipulation include: Twilight Zone episodes “The Obsolete Man” and “It’s a Good Life” The Devil Wears Prada (on the tyranny of the toxic boss); The Hunger Games series (on divide-and-conquer dynamics); Imitation of Life (on the tyranny of social conformity); Mr. Jones (on the tyranny of a totalitarian system in place.) Very dark SELECT DOCUMENTARIES related to the theme: The Abilene Paradox , Second Edition, This management training film, based on Jerry Harvey’s book of the same name, is excellent for understanding how easily we all conform publicly -- and unanimously – when we disagree with an idea. This eye-opener is an extremely difficult film to procure. It cannot be downloaded and one 25-minute DVD costs $950, possibly only for industry use. But everyone can profit from watching the full 25-minute film, currently available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJK89nnf-Y Here's The Abilene Paradox trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_iGdiYO7gI The Singing Revolution , documentary on the liberation of Estonia from Soviet rule. Another antidote to isolation film. It shows the ripple effect of speaking freely. And liberation through love, true unity, and song, 2006, produced by Michael Tusty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9PmZo-2jo https://singingrevolution.com/ Margaret Thaler Singer lecture: “What is a Cult and How Does it Work?” The 20th century’s preeminent expert on cults explains the methods and techniques of dangerous cults and how they prey on the lonely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRBFhMEQFk NBC News Archive footage of Jonestown , including the speech Congressman Leo Ryan gave at the Jonestown compound the night before the mass killing in November 1978 and Ryan's assassination the next day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm7k2Eq-vD0 Jonestown, “American Experience” , 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxdb1pSVe8 Patty Hearst’s Interview with Larry King on Larry King Live . CNN, January 22, 2002. When newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped in 1974 by a violent group of terrorists, they subjected her to six weeks of intense Maoist propaganda while isolating her in a closet. “I had no free will.” https://thefederalist.com/2014/04/15/cults-in-our-midst-patty-hearst-and-the-brainwashing-of-america/ Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p05xGAvTjIg&t=153s Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9AGvfN13M http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0201/22/lkl.00.html

Too few people seem aware of how social isolation is used as a weapon to control them. They don't seem to grasp how easily the natural fear of ostracism -- along with the human need for connection -- can be manipulated to control their behavior, their speech, and even their thoughts. Such psychological manipulation is a recurring and stubborn pattern among human beings. About Stella's Book Club Too few people seem aware of how social isolation is used as a weapon to control them. They don't seem to grasp how easily the natural fear of ostracism -- along with the human need for connection -- can be manipulated to control their behavior, their speech, and even their thoughts. Such psychological manipulation is a recurring and stubborn pattern among human beings. I call this pattern the weaponization of loneliness. It has even been used by governments to deprive entire populations of freedom. Yet too few seem aware of it and how it works. This is why I hope to see book clubs and discussion groups on the theme of the weaponization of loneliness. We must start talking to one another about these pervasive social dynamics so that we can learn to detect them and gain the strength to resist them. And to spread the knowledge. Tyrants know that the fear of being shunned or harassed for speaking openly causes people to shut up or even lie about what they believe. They know that this fear triggers the conformity and compliance that their propaganda and agendas depend upon. The irony is that mass compliance leads to the self-censorship and self-isolation that only gets us further isolated from each other. If we don't learn to break those habits soon, our isolation from one another will continue to grow until we lose our freedom. So let’s start book clubs and discussion groups on the thesis of The Weaponization of Loneliness to help spread awareness of these patterns, to build friendships, and to know that we are not alone. Doing so can embolden us with the inner strength to resist. It can help us us overcome the fear of speaking openly in a sea of lies. The good news is that as more and more people speak openly, we can move closer towards a revival of civil society and freedom. To begin, go to Guide to Session 1