Gustave Le Bon revealed that history runs on dreams, not logic—90% of humans merely rationalize their emotions. Every civilization projects fantasy ideals (Christian Heaven, Marxist Utopia, Valhalla) that animate their entire existence. Modernity's enormous wealth enabled unprecedented delusion, creating TWO competing fantasies so powerful that people will destroy nations refusing to fulfill them. Most remain trapped in modernity's mythology, unable to see the illusions controlling their lives.
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The Masks of the Gods by Joseph Camble
A History of Religious Ideas by Mircea Eliade
The Crowd by Gustave le Bon
The Psychology of Socialism by Gustave Le Bon
The World Unbalanced by Gustave le Bon
Prometheus and Atlas by Jorjani
Zombies in Western Culture by Vervaeke
The Soul's Code by James Hillman
Religion and Culture by Chris Dawson
The Psychology of the Great War by Gustave Le Bon
The Passion of the Western Mind by Tarnas
The Unabomber's Manifesto
The Dictators by Richard Overy
Modern Times by Paul Johnson
Seculosity by Zahl
The Gods of Revolution by Dawson
Nihilism by Seraphim Rose
Forgotten Truth by Houston Smith
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Fire in the Minds of Men by Billington
The Total State by Auron Macintyre
Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevents
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku
Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Pournel
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
