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The real isolation comes from the need to transcribe every external perception into a shallow internal one before acknowledging it.
Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have. The second step is the notion: âThings must changeâno matter how, Anything is better than what we have.â Totalitarian rulers organize this kind of mass sentiment, and by organizing it articulate it, and by articulating it make the people somehow love it. They were told before, thou shalt not kill; and they didnât kill. Now they are told, thou shalt kill; and although they think itâs very difficult to kill, they do it because itâs now part of the code of behavior. They learn whom to kill and how to kill and how to do it together. This is the much talked about Gleichschaltungâthe coordination process. You are coordinated not with the powers that be, but with your neighborâcoordinated with the majority. But instead of communicating with the other you are now glued to him. And you feel of course marvelous. Totalitarianism appeals to the very dangerous emotional needs of people who live in complete isolation and in fear of one another.
I don't understand why half the world is still crying, man, when the other half of the world is still crying too, man, and it can't get it together.