I haven’t been able to stop thinking about a piece of 1960s mouse sociology . (A sentence I never thought I’d write. And yet, here we are.) It all started when I was at home, doomscrolling on Instagram , and a video about a mouse utopia hijacked my feed. In 1968, an ethologist named John B. Calhoun built a perfect world. He called it “ Universe 25 .” It was a sterile Eden , engineered for perfection: unlimited food, no predators, no disease. Its purpose was to answer a haunting question. What happens when all the old struggles vanish? The result was a catastrophe. The population surged, but society did not. Calhoun documented the unraveling: “The social organisation of the animals showed equal disruption… The one activity most rapidly disrupted was the emergence of organised maternal behaviour.” Mothers abandoned their pups. The enclosure was filled with bodies, yet it was utterly emptied of purpose. He called this collapse the “ behavioural sink ,” a process that “collects anima...
Fascism doesn’t start with dictators — it starts with everyday conversations that normalise hate, fear, and control: 👉 What is Fascism? Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian political system that thrives on: ✅ Extreme nationalism ✅ Scapegoating minorities ✅ Glorifying a “mythical past” ✅ Rejecting democracy and civil rights ✅ Crushing dissent and controlling information ⭐️ It often starts with small, familiar comments that seem harmless at first — but they lay the groundwork for dangerous ideas. 🔸 When people say things like: ➡️ “Immigrants are ruining this country.” ➡️ “We need a strong leader to fix everything.” ➡️ “We should go back to the way things used to be.” ➡️ “Free speech is dead." 👉 These aren’t just opinions, they’re signs of fascist thinking creeping into everyday life. 👀 Everyday Scapegoating and Division This is how people are manipulated into turning against each other: 👉 Scapegoating and Division: “Immigrants are taking all our...