[quote=@KnightShade]
Not that it didn't happen before, but this is a phenomenon that's very much accelerated in the modern era. As scientific categorisation developed faster the Victorians started attributing everything, from homeless to women disobeying their husbands, to forms of madness. I'd guess it's no coincidence one of the kings most remembered as mad ruled England at the beginning of the nineteenth century, but I havent read ebough Foucault to be sure.[/quote]
Haven't read enough of it either, so I won't comment on that part, but you're definitely right about the information regarding the modern era. You only need to take one look at the mental health district to understand that - outside of it being a business like any other is - one of its primary goals is reality consensus enforcement.

This isn't to say that there aren't dangerous people out there with psychological issues that make them detrimental to society, but - as was stated in one of my favourite pieces of fiction and fits my own beliefs - 'the stereotype of the shifty-eyed serial killer is very much a Hollywood invention' in a lot of regards -- many psychopaths are excellent liars, superficially charming, and appear completely normal to most people. The people who look dangerous are not always the ones you need to be careful of, and it's a really bad misconception that social awkwardness automatically means dangerous. It's also an illusion to believe thinking outside the box means you're 'wrong' or automatically 'irrational' and 'illogical'.

As science progresses, so does the ability to brainwash people. The belief that only older societies cover up or remove elements that they dislike - and subsequently the belief that modern society is more rooted in 'the truth' than more old-fashioned times - is very much an illusion. The lies still exist, and it's simply the 'content' of the lies that changes and the methods used to represent them. For example, a lot of people who would be made outcasts in this era by being called 'insane' would have simply been considered 'demonically possessed' prior to the introduction of science becoming the new world's method of propaganda and replacing religion.

Peer pressure is another big cause of alienation, but that's been going on throughout all of history too.

>Would make a comment about how this is meant to be a shitposting thread and he's still being serious, but it's a fucking spam thread so people can get over it.