Process of evil busting forth at the seams: (We must never forget):
Dr. Manuel "Manny" Losada, PsyD, J.D.
Teacher, writer, school counselor, philosopher poet. Over 1 million + post impressions (multiple posts) and over 9 million+pi on diff. topics; Cuban American; former Navy/USMC. Goals: Attend Harvard; practice law.
In memory of those who died in the war (WWII). (Kindness costs nothing): Notes taken as the film was watched:
Denying but knowing there's a disaster.
Still, most loyal member(s) tells the leader only what he wants to hear.
Party members undergo delusions of grandeur, envisioning themselves to be the next leader.
Reputations shatter.
Self-annihilation becomes a secondary plan.
Members begin to engage in "disloyal thoughts."
"Growing discontent."
Tension.
Paranoia stoked as a means of preserving power: rallying people (emotionally) around a cause.
People feel the need to hide.
Lives prolonged, a brief "resurrection" ensues.
Most loyal adherants sought out.
Disloyalty, even among those in the inner circle.
Doubting, turning on each other.
People begin to make mistakes.
"Doubling down on intelligence gathering."
Those in the inner circle become targets.
Leader refuses to accept responsibility.
Leader rationalizes self-destruction, including, of his own people.
Conspirators made an example of.
Last ditch attempt to "clean up their acts."
Thousands executed.
Everything "unleashed."
Members asked to do the "impossible."
Delusions of "winning" persist, in the face of insurmountable odds.
Raw materials, resources lacking.
People realize that they've gone "too far."
Disappointment, followed by accusations.
Group members attempt to distance themselves from one another, but can't, because they all bear responsibility.
Physical ailments begin to take place: consummate corruption of mind and body.
Attempted bartering: human lives for freedom from imprisonment.
Everyone tries to save himself.
Atrocities uncovered.
Supplies cut off. "Effective resistance" no longer possible.
A resorting to "inhumanity against his own people."
Death is the only way out.
Death ensues.