Call for contributors

This document was last updated on: August 20th, 2021.
Contact us at: info@thepeoplesreset.site

The goal of this call is to create a venue for researchers who want to conduct honest, uncensored research into the psychology of tyrannical and totalitarian regimes and dictatorships. This call is the first of its kind, so please bear with us as we try to find the right format and scope. We would like to connect a group of researchers who are interested in contributing, either with research, peer reviewing, and/or organising such a venue.

The format can be an (online) conference, starting with a call for abstracts, followed by a call for full papers for the authors of accepted abstracts.

Topic and scope

Recent events have made clear that we are far from being safe from tyranny. Understanding how tyranny operates at a psychological level has become a matter of grave importance and urgency. Many are surprised that the current medical tyranny could happen--this by itself indicates that we have a lack of understanding in this area.

We are looking for practical solution-oriented research into the psychological aspects of tyranny. For example:

• Mind control. To what level are subjecs of a tyrannical regime mind controlled? What have we learned that can help us deprogram the mind controlled?
• Lies and self-deception. To what level do people actually believe in government lies and deceptions? How does denial and self-deception work?
• Emotional barriers towards accepting the truth. What are people's specific motives to follow a regime that leads to their own downfall? To name a few possible motives: financial motives, fear of intimidation and punishment, autoritarian personality.
• Empirical research into influencing strategies. Our adversaries are highly organised w.r.t. how they influence people, and we are not. It would be very helpful to have a better idea about what works and what doesn't.

Since this topic is outside the scope of typical scientific institutions, researchers are likely to be on a shoestring budget. While we expect appropriate scientific rigour, the following are examples of low-budget research that we welcome:

• Literature studies, including those linking philosophical works to practical results.
• Position papers
• Results from internet surveys
• Results from open interviews

Interested? Please contact us at the following email address: info@thepeoplesreset.site. Please include a short resume, and explain how you would like to contribute.

Yours Truly,
Boris van Schooten, Ph.D.
Jolette Blind, M.D.