Zero Patient of Fascism and Communism. In epidemiology, the "zero patient" refers to the first person to contract a disease, from whom an outbreak begins. Mental epidemics, where instead of viruses, ideas (memes) spread, also follow the laws of epidemiology, and often the "zero patient" of such outbreaks is well known (for example, Frau Troffea for the 1518 dancing plague). Likewise, the mechanisms of spread (induced psychosis) are studied. Despite external differences, the key ideas of communism and fascism were clearly formulated, popularized, printed in large editions, and had a tremendous impact on people by one person — Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Those interested can read about his biography, full of deception and crimes, but we will focus on his theses, many of which were first articulated by him and still resonate loudly today. 1. The necessity of destroying the mind and culture The human mind is a mistake of nature. Rousseau argued that "refl...
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