It's eerily similar to my own experience, including the reaction from people when 'caught' with a screen open. Only what happened to me, was that I was prepared, because my eyes had their scales drop off during the early nineties, partially dur to a vaccine injury in my poor little new-born. So, at that time I was extremely outraged by the lies and poison, and that had all sorts of ramifications, in terms of lifestyle adjustments.

I was told I was irresponsible, for example, for refusing to get the 'heel-jab'. I had a stand-up row with a nurse that I did not need to screen my offspring for Phenylketonuria - a rare, inherited metabolic disorder - which was the stop-word at the time, when they came, armed with knives, to injure my infant. That word was an expensive big word for a extremely rare disease, that most people were so frightened by, that they would acquiesce and get their infant's DNA harvested. Oh, and I DID do my research, enough to know that one can visually identify (Hypopigmentation ) such infants, and it IS a genetic issue. (incidence rates are generally highest in Northern European and Middle Eastern countries, particularly in Türkiye, and Ireland).

So I was like: yeah, nah. And that infuriated them.

In any case, I agree with the reasoning of OP, regarding Q. I was interested to see what the fuss was about, and more interested to see that there was a real identification of the problems. And that there was a system.

Re: mass formation

Totalitarian Logic: Unlike traditional dictatorships that just want obedience, the Nazi "operation" aimed for Gleichschaltung—the total "co-ordination" of society where individuals were expected to lose their private identity to the collective.

This is where I don't see Q as a mass formation tactic, but rather a strategy to get people at least playing with the codes, trying to find the truth, and thinking for themselves.

And that's the difference. Q is not a programming exercise to bend the will of the population.

So here is a bit of AI to round out what I am saying, in terms of 'sign-tapping'

[Gemini AI] In the context of "programming" populations through state-driven psychological operations during the World Wars, several identified operations and agencies are frequently cited by historians and theorists like Mattias Desmet:

World War I

• Wellington House (The War Propaganda Bureau): This was a secret British operation established in 1914 to influence global opinion, particularly to "programme" the American public to support entering the war. It operated with such secrecy that even the British Parliament was largely unaware of it. They famously used "Atrocity Propaganda", such as the Bryce Report, which documented (and sometimes exaggerated) German crimes to create a moral imperative for war.

• The Creel Committee (Committee on Public Information): In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson created this agency in 1917 to shift a neutral population toward pro-war fervour. It utilised "Four Minute Men"—volunteers who gave brief, scripted speeches across the country—and iconic imagery like the "Uncle Sam Wants YOU" posters to create a unified national "mass". [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

World War II

• Operation Himmler (Operation Konserve): This was a Nazi "false flag" operation designed to program the German population into believing they were under attack by Poland. On August 31, 1939, SS troops dressed in Polish uniforms staged an attack on a German radio station in Gleiwitz. This provided the immediate "narrative" Hitler needed to justify the invasion of Poland to his people.

• The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda: Under Joseph Goebbels, this was not a single "operation" but a continuous state mechanism designed for Gleichschaltung (co-ordination), where every aspect of German life was programmed to align with Nazi ideology. It used rituals like the Nuremberg Rallies and "Word of the Week" posters to maintain the psychological bond of the mass formation. [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

These operations align with the "mass formation" theory because they didn't just provide information; they provided a totalizing narrative that allowed the population to channel their collective anxiety into a single, state-sanctioned direction.

[1] https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net

[2] https://www.youtube.com

[3] https://military-history.fandom.com

[4] https://miamioh.edu

[5] https://www.youtube.com

[6] https://wwichangedus.org

[7] https://en.wikipedia.org

[8] https://instytutpolski.pl

[9] https://www.youtube.com

[10] https://www.coffeeordie.com

[11] [https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org] (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-propaganda#:~:text=The%20Nazis%20were%20skilled%20propagandists%20who%20used,to%20shape%20German%20public%20opinion%20and%20behavior.)

[12] https://www.theholocaustexplained.org

[13] https://collections.ushmm.org

[14] https://collections.ushmm.org