Totalitarism, Nihilism, Masificare. Câteva ObservaȚii Despre Comunicarea De Masă

The totalitarian rule, as it was exemplified by the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, is not to be seen as an historical exception. Based on the analysis of social interactions specific to modern Western societies, social conditions and ideological perspectives are the main triggers of massive social transformation that inaugurated the totalitarian system. Nihilism permeated the social body, devaluating the human dignity. Combined with mass communication through television and the internet, nihilism played a certain role in mass formation, alienation, conformism and submission to the power system. The terrifying combination of mass communication, uniformity and obeyance is nowadays the hallmark of Communist China, where a vast system of social crediting permeates the lives of billions, ruling upon the most insignificant detail. However, one should not be so naïve as to believe that such a robust system would remain confined to the Chinese territory. It could rather serve as benchmark for the rising Western surveillance capitalism.