mass man, n.Definitions

The Mass man (n.) commits ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the most appalling crimes without thinking, precisely because of his unconscious inner connection with the black side of things.

The Mass man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠good for nothing — a particle that has forgotten how to be human and lost its soul; what our world lacks is psychic connection, which no party or State can supply.

The Mass man (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a social unit is ruled, fed, clothed, educated, housed in the appropriate housing unit, and amused by mass standards — deprived of the moral decision how to live his own life.

The Mass man (n.) acts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠on the principle of realizing nothing, for to him the only thing that commits mistakes is the vast anonymity called 'State' or 'Society' — which grants him the privilege of being forever 'not guilty' of every catastrophe.

The Mass man (n.) today ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is more a helpless victim of worldliness than medieval man, serf and slave to superstition, who acknowledged metaphysical powers equal to the powers of this world.

Mass man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the electronic citizen of the globe, a spectator in a world-sized ballpark whose private identity has been erased by over-involvement.

The Mass man (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is well adapted to his group has made his heart into a den of murderers — and the greatest infamy of his group won't disturb him so long as his fellows believe in its exalted morality.

Mass man (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Jung's diagnosis for 1945 Germany, and his remedy was blunt: education for fuller consciousness, no herd-formations, no one-party state, no dictatorship, communal autonomy.