A framework proposing that large groups, even whole societies, can enter dissociative states—collectively detaching from reality, from history, from responsibility. Mass Dissociation occurs when propaganda, trauma, or ideology induces a shared split: a whole population knows and doesn't know, sees and doesn't see. The theory explains how societies tolerate atrocity, deny obvious truth, or maintain collective fictions. Mass dissociation protects the group from unbearable reality—but at the cost of sanity.
Theory of Mass Dissociation "Everyone knew the economy was built on exploitation, but no one spoke of it. That's Mass Dissociation—a whole society split off from its own reality. The knowledge was there, but inaccessible, unspeakable. Mass dissociation explains how good people tolerate terrible systems: they know and don't know simultaneously."
by Dumu The Void March 4, 2026
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