A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle
In 1912 a secret committee of loyalists formed around Freud. It is not a ministry and not Jones's later Life as a 1912 act. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.
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In 1912 a secret committee of loyalists formed around Freud. The instrument is that closed circle. It is not a ministry and not Jones's later Life as a 1912 act. Sigmund Freud's documented role is: He accepted a closed loyalty circle (Jones, Ferenczi, Rank, Abraham, Sachs). It is not a state secret police. Medium on later myth, high on the rings as objects.
Context
Jones, Ferenczi, Rank, Abraham, and Sachs are the named sitters in the later file. Sharing the rings with them is required. The setting of A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle is the public file around 1912-05-01. Driver institutional-corruption is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
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Why it matters
Worsening path from A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle on 1912-05-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Sigmund Freud
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
He accepted a closed loyalty circle (Jones, Ferenczi, Rank, Abraham, Sachs). It is not a state secret police. Medium on later myth, high on the rings as objects.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactA secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 May 1912 · verified
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.27 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.76)
Observed
0.48 score from 0 to 1 · 0.29 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.4 score from 0 to 1 to 0.48 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.22 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.62)
Observed
56.1 Score · 13.7 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: fell from 57 Score to 56.1 Score.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.5)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.British Psychoanalytical Society — Sigmund FreudBritish Psychoanalytical Society · High credibility · verified
- 2.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Sigmund FreudInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: British Psychoanalytical Society — Freud, early organisation neighbourhood at https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/freud (opens in a new tab) (British Psychoanalytical Society). Independent locator: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Freud, movement politics at https://iep.utm.edu/freud/ (opens in a new tab) (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: British Psychoanalytical Society — Freud, early organisation neighbourhood (https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/freud (opens in a new tab); British Psychoanalytical Society). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Freud, movement politics (https://iep.utm.edu/freud/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Established: a sourced public record of A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle under 1912-05-01 for Sigmund Freud. Established: a sourced public record of A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle under 1912-05-01.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Jones later biography is not 1912. Mixed effects of A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle are separate paths.
Shared responsibility is part of A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle. Naming Sigmund Freud does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1912-05-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorSigmund Freud
- contributed toFactA secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index
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Factrail. (2026). A secret committee of loyalists is formed in 1912 around Freud's ring-circle. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-secret-committee-1912
https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-secret-committee-1912
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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