People deep in the throes of mass formation rarely, if ever, admit it. The sad part is that these people aren't typically in "psychosis" or "psychotic". Totalitarian regimes of the past show us that they are often normal, everyday people living everyday lives but were swept by a wave pushed by opportunistic leaders with sinister intent. Anyone living with the conditions posited by Dr. Mattias Desmet - lack of social connection, lack of meaning making, free-floating anxiety and anger (and these describe many Americans) - is vulnerable to mass formation.