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cm27874's avatar

Over at eugyppius, commentator "It makes sense" described a (psychological) phenomenon called "extinction burst" which seems to come close.

https://eugyppius.substack.com/p/drosten-corona-astrologer-noted-hysteric/comments

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David Shane's avatar

I will check that out, thanks.

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Arne's avatar

Call it the covid chamber?

I've thought of the lingering and extension of these kinds of policies as expressions of the lockdown mentality. But as a label, "covid chamber" is better, and more specific.

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Jon Swerens's avatar

This definitely feels related to sunk cost fallacy, paired with a refusal to seek falsification because the costs are being borne by others who are distant from my own circles.

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Julie Anderton's avatar

Dr. Mattias Desmet addresses this same idea when he explains Mass Formation Psychosis. As he said in a podcast the other day:

"During mass formation, the totalitarian leaders can take everything away without people noticing it. Another characteristic is that the narrative that leads to the mass formation typically becomes more and more absurd, and the strange thing is that people don't seem to notice this....people buy into the narrative is not because it's correct, but because it creates this new social bond."

https://rumble.com/vrxr3n-tpc-653-dr.-mattias-desmet-dr.-robert-malone-dr.-peter-mccullough-mass-form.html

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David Shane's avatar

Appreciate that thanks, I will take a look. A lot of the last two years seems to be this fascinating fact that people will eagerly support and even demand irrational and harmful "physical" behavior, we might say, because doing so brings them some psychological benefit.

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Jonathan Cast's avatar

Continuing to enact the same failed policies *because* they don't work is pretty much the definition of progressive governance over the last 130 years

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