Mind Viruses (1938)

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America's decline from Cold War victor to "a house divided against itself" is not the result of external threats, but of irrational beliefs that spread like contagions, sickening "We the People" while enriching special interests that profit from fear and division. In 1957, the Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, warned about "subversive minorities" in the West who are animated by "chimerical wish fantasies" that may rapidly spread and develop into "psychic epidemics." In 1984, the KGB defector, Yuri Bezmenov, warned of the danger of "ideological subversion," which he defined as "changing the perception of reality to such an extent that despite the abundance of information, no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their communities, and their country." In recent years, the American public forum has been afflicted with a host of irrational ideas that possess the minds of believers, distorting their