FASCISM & CODEPENDENCY - PART I
The Deep Psychological Links
Psychological Operations,Fascism,Totalitarianism, and Codependency
Recently I read an article by a fellow SubStack writer which underscored the need we all have to polish up some fundamental skills we often take for granted. Psychological operations work to keep us confused, off guard, not trusting our own reactions. Trusting ourselves is exactly what we do need intact to stand up for what we believe in.
That we have been subjected to psychological operations (psyops) for a very long time in modern society is a fact we take for granted. This very “taking it for granted” is dangerous. When we allow ourselves to be repeatedly subjected to the abusive nature of psyops it works on us with insidious results.
Patience, we are taught, is a virtue. And it can be. There are many situations where impatience will work against our own best interests and that of others. But conversely there are situations where patience will work against our own best interests and that of others.
If someone or something is attacking us physically or mentally it is only rarely efficacious to accept this gracefully and patiently. In general we have a choice to counterattack or escape.It is well known that those who choose to remain in an abusive relationship are engaged in codependence.
The Insidious Nature of Codependency
In codependence the victim and victimizer agree to remain in the abusive relationship. They become partners in agreeing to the abuse. Clearly this is not healthy. This codependence or agreement to remain in an abusive relationship is often passed down for generations in families. It can affect entire cultures as well.
After years or even generations of submitting to negative relationships we become accustomed to it. We don’t even notice that we are in an abusive relationship any longer. It doesn’t take long to become numbed.
This can lead to situations such as Stockholm syndrome where the victims come to idealize the abusers.In almost all cases where the victim remains in the abusive relationship accommodating behavior results:
“How Do Co-Dependent People Behave?
Co-dependents have low self-esteem and look for anything outside of themselves to make them feel better. They find it hard to “be themselves.” Some try to feel better through alcohol, drugs or nicotine - and become addicted. Others may develop compulsive behaviors like workaholism, gambling, or indiscriminate sexual activity.
They have good intentions. They try to take care of a person who is experiencing difficulty, but the caretaking becomes compulsive and defeating. Co-dependents often take on a martyr’s role and become “benefactors” to an individual in need. A wife may cover for her alcoholic husband; a mother may make excuses for a truant child; or a father may “pull some strings” to keep his child from suffering the consequences of delinquent behavior.
The problem is that these repeated rescue attempts allow the needy individual to continue on a destructive course and to become even more dependent on the unhealthy caretaking of the “benefactor.” As this reliance increases, the co-dependent develops a sense of reward and satisfaction from “being needed.” When the caretaking becomes compulsive, the co-dependent feels choiceless and helpless in the relationship, but is unable to break away from the cycle of behavior that causes it. Co-dependents view themselves as victims and are attracted to that same weakness in the love and friendship relationships.” LINK
Becoming numb and isolated
This behavior requires us to numb those qualities which warn us something is wrong. Patiently remain in a codependent relationship and we inevitably suffer great harm. But as citizens we must understand that we may form a codependent relationship with governments, institutions and corporations. We are always at risk for engaging in codependency with those in authority. 1
So specifically here I refer to the rise of Fascism or Totalitarianism and a parallel rise of codependency in the affected populations. We can easily see this in the history of fascist regimes. It is critical to understand this history. 2
There are more intense looks at the intertwined roles of political, economic, and legal interactions as totalitarianism or fascism rises. 3
In a new book Fascism, Vulnerability, and the Escape from Freedom: Readings to Repair Democracy Paperback – November 10, 2022
Author C. John Delogu explores the various interlocking behavior patterns between governments, corporations, institutions and citizens which lead to the codependent rise of fascism or totalitarianism. This is a very important work in understanding the evolution of modern fascism. 4
A couple of posts on the complicated nature of Fascism 2020 style:
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I am reading a book by Simon Elmer in which he describes what has been happening as fascism.
"In The Road to Fascism, Elmer argues Western societies are now rapidly heading towards fascist totalitarianism, powered by the fourth industrial revolution and pushed on by oligarchs and bureaucratic power. After the fall of the Soviet Union we have become oblivious to the dangers of a totalitarianism that doesn‘t originate on the Left; the naïve liberalism of the past decades has blinded us to this danger".
Elmer claims the support of the Left for the mandates and regulations of the biosecurity state are not based on its inherent authoritarianism as many on the Right believe, but rather on its “infiltration by the neoliberal ideologies of multiculturalism, political correctness, identity politics and, most recently, the orthodoxies of woke“. Elmer rightly points out how “no-platforming, cancel culture, misogyny… policing of speech and opinion“ are not rooted in “politics of emancipation, class struggle or wealth distribution“; there is really nothing socialist, in the traditional sense, about those symptoms of totalitarian ideology.
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/12/11/woke-is-fascist-reflections-on-simon-elmers-new-book/