Adolf Hitler did not seduce the German people ─ Hitler was the German people.
Carl Jung
The title of a book by Wilhelm Reich, Die Massenpsychologie des Faschismus was first published in 1933 and remains one of the most important studies on the rise of the Third Reich. Contrary to popular belief, the origin of hierarchy and the desire for power over others does not come from the top of society downward, but rather is an inherent character trait in the masses after hundreds, if not thousands of years of submission to authority. Hitler was looked upon as a father figure by the German people, and this same trait exists today in countries like the U.S. where the masses are looking for a mother or a father in their Commander in Chief, depending on which party they are voting for.
As always, the answer to humanity’s problems lies within. This fact scares most people, for they prefer to think that somebody other than themselves will take responsibility and lead them to the safety of the shore. But if anything has become abundantly clear to us in the past several years it is that we must become our own leaders, we must take the reins of our own lives, because there really is nobody else out there who can, will, or should do that for us.
We have lived with our fairy tales of human progress long enough. The time is near where the veil will be lifted, and the truth of what we are will be held up to the light of day.
