The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our Fear of Isolation to Silence, Divide, and Conquer

I recommend this book to everyone who stands against the current spirit of the age. The author provides examples how to fight back against the tyrants in power which makes up about 90% of our current politicians. Together we can take our freedoms back.

This would be a great addition to anyone’s reading list. Regardless of where you stand on issues this book has the potential to enlighten and open doors to civil discourse and debate across lines on any topic—especially those topics that are used to divide us. Now more than ever—the attack on free speech and silencing of opinions, perspectives, and ideas, are being used to silence people and play directly into the hands of technocrats, global elites, and totalitarians who will not (never have) stop their brand of oppression through total control once they have buried free speech.

This book is eye-opening and something our young adults should read before going to college. Learn how the psychology of creating loneliness in people, divinely created as social beings, can cripple a society and lead to tyranny.

The author brought into focus so many illustrations about the techniques and long term consequences of the mass manipulation that is so prevalent in our society. To me, the layout of the book is much like a classic military training session: tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and close by telling them what you told them. The sections of the book repeat topics introduced earlier in the book and work to reinforce the notion that the work of tyrants results in a cancerous rot that naturally follows the ascent to power by the totalitarian. The author makes a solid case that the life cycle follows a pattern whether it is in government, the corporate jungle, or academia. With 424 endnotes, there are so many opportunities for the reader to dive deeply into many subjects. The book is a good value and I look forward to reading more of Stella Morabito’s essays.

I have read dozens of books on the subject of propaganda, mob formation, and government controls over whole cultures. This book ranks right up there with Jacque Ellul's famous 1971 book, 'Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes.' After reading this book you will understand that we all live in a real life "The Truman Show." You will find yourself asking: 'Where are the stairs?'

This book is fascinating. It explains so much about what is going on in the world today, and how we got here. The author has extensive knowledge and experience about the subject of tyrants and how they attempt to achieve their ends. But she also presents hope in the form of knowledge and strategies to fight against tyranny. She recommended a number of other books on the subject, but I’m content with just hers alone.

Thee is NOTHING I didn’t like within the pages of this book. In lieu of spewing opinionated gibberish as many do, the author presents FACTS. Each page is littered with footnotes proving her accuracy further. If you read this and are not moved within your spirit you must lack a pulse. The excitement stirred within me made it hard to put the book down. Stella deserves a gold star!

This book examines the manifold destructive forces continually at work to degrade American society and culture. They are calculated in intent, and are highly pro-atheist, anti-individual and, therefore, inimical to liberty. Moreover, these radical forces continue to make inroads in attaining their objectives. Ms. Morabito cautions the reader to be informed of the sinister forces at play. I find her book to be a highly effective weapon in the arsenal of those who would resist authoritarian impulses. It is well-crafted, painstakingly documented and, indeed, downright chilling in its admonition to readers to stand for freedom now, while there is still the opportunity to do so. Freedom, like life itself, cannot be taken for granted.

I liked the book potentially from it pointing out how "fear" is manipulated in societies. The title sounded good. The back cover was psychologically intriguing and seemed a fair way to perceive what most ails our society (e.g., North America, at least). There were slight signs of a "political" ideological agenda on the back cover, but not much. "Tyrants" and the tyrannical and exploitation of "fear of ostracism" are damn important. I have studied "fear" and its uses and mis-uses in a scholarly way for over 3 decades. So I bought the book trusting it would be a good overview and... then, I turned to pp. 108-10.What happened, was that I was trying to read this section on girls and women, to see what psychological and sociological insights re: fear would be there--and, I am then inundated, almost every paragraph, or sentence, with ideological "Right" and "Conservative" and "Traditional" agenda (and lens). I sure wished the author Stella Morabito (and the publisher) would have been more honest and transparent on the backcover book description and in the book title-- to prepare the reader with a caveat--of the political agenda of the author to trash virtually all "Left" philosophical, sociological, psychological and political views--and activities. Of course, she runs the typical game. She pulls out the worse (pathological) cases she can finds, and associates them with Left values and thought, movements--more or less, like using Patty Hearts (as one e.g.) that now she can moralize upon, in retrospect, looking at the 70s and the "cult" of conformism and see what it did to Patty.I scanned a bit more, to see exactly what this author was up to. And, there were no such cases that caught my eye of problems of the "fear of ostracism" and how it impacts people's behavior on the "Right" --and, so, you could pretty much guess, what the book is. It looks psychological and neutral-like (designed that way to catch the reader)--and, then slips in the ideological agenda--all over the psychological material. Really bad scholarship, journalism, or anything else that is attempting to give the topic of "weaponizing fear" (and loneliness) a 'good' coverage with balanced argumentation. Both sides, in other words, need to be critiqued equally, more or less. IF not, then tell your reader you are going to 'smear' one-side of the political spectrum during your so-called caring critique of the problem of tyranny and weaponization of emotions--especially, of fear, which is so powerful.

I have read thousands of non fiction books in my life it is my passion. This is in the top 5 of the best books I have ever read. A must read for anyone who thinks outside the box and refuses to accept the garbage that comes out of the mouths of the clowns at the BBC, MNSBC, KSF0, CNN, Joe Scarborough, Geraldo, The View, or The Squad to name but a few. This book will stop you in you tracks and make you see what really is happening in our western society. Well done Amazon for making it available to purchase!