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#brainwashing

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"We live in a 24/7 #media "society of the spectacle" where #brainwashing is cunning and relentless, and the consuming public is consumed with thoughts and perceptions filtered through electronic media according to the needs and lies of corporate state power.

This #propaganda comes in two forms: covert and overt. The latter, and most effective form (is) offered by..."

Do You Think You’ll Ever Know, Now That You Have Handed Your Mind to the Machine?

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OffGuardian · Do You Think You’ll Ever Know, Now That You Have Handed Your Mind to the Machine?We live in a 24/7 media society of the spectacle where brainwashing is cunning and relentless, and the consuming public is consumed with thoughts and perceptions filtered through electronic media a…
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The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyper-Persuasion by Rebecca Lemov, 2025

An acclaimed historian of science uncovers the hidden history of brainwashing―and its troubling implications for today.
Because brainwashing affects both the world and our observation of the world, we often don’t recognize it while it’s happening―unless we know where to look.

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As Rebecca Lemov writes in The Instability of Truth, “Brainwashing erases itself.” What we call brainwashing is more common than we think; it is not so much what happens to other people as what can happen to anyone. The Instability of Truth exposes the myriad ways our minds can be controlled against our will, from the brainwashing techniques used against American POWs in North Korea to the “soft” brainwashing of social media doomscrolling and behavior-shaping. In our increasingly data-driven world, anyone can fall victim to mind control. Lemov identifies invasive forms of emotional engineering that exploit trauma and addiction to coerce and persuade in everyday life. Tracing the word “brainwashing” from deep in the files of an operative of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services in the 1950s to the pioneering research of Robert Jay Lifton, to the public trials of cult leaders and the case of Patty Hearst, Lemov also studies how the idea of mind control has spread across the globe and penetrated courtrooms, secret labs, military schools, and today’s digital sites. The Instability of Truth offers lessons from mind-control episodes past and present. Truth is always subject to question in more mundane walks of life than most people believe, and Lemov equips us for the increasing challenges we face from social media, AI, and an unprecedented, global form of surveillance capitalism.
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"To many in politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly, the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?"

The Century of the Self (2002)
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Heretical_i

"Words can't express how disgusted I am with #Trump supporters who defend their president stomping out speech rights for #Israel after spending years wailing about the loss of #freespeech in America."

People Who Defend Trump’s Assault On Free Speech Are #MindlessSheep -#CaitlinJohnstone
More: caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/0 #Sheeple #Brainwashing #Indoctrination @palestine

Caitlin Johnstone · People Who Defend Trump’s Assault On Free Speech Are Mindless SheepWords can’t express how disgusted I am with Trump supporters who defend their president stomping out speech rights for Israel after spending years wailing about the loss of free speech in Ame…
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Ottawa, hospitals argue Montreal brainwashing lawsuit should be dismissed
A Quebec Superior Court judge heard from lawyers for the government and the MUHC who argued that families waited too long to file claims over treatment their relatives received under the MK-ULTRA program, funded by the Canadian government and the CIA during the Cold War ...
#lawsuit #government #hospital #brainwashing #Ottawa #Montreal
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Who Owns The Media? There Are 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And Read
The primary goal of these behemoths is to make money.

So they aren’t going to do anything that will threaten their relationships with their biggest advertisers.  This is one of the reasons why large pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on advertising.  They realize that executives at these companies will be desperate to keep the gravy train rolling, and so negative coverage of pharmaceutical companies will be almost non-existent.

#^https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/who-owns-the-media-there-are-6-monolithic-corporations-that-control-almost-everything-we-watch-hear-and-read/
#USA #US #american #media Media of Mass Disinformation #brainwashing #mindmanipulation #deepstate
The Economic Collapse · Who Owns The Media? There Are 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And ReadWe live in a society that is literally addicted to consuming media content.  Unfortunately, control of that content is dominated by just a handful of ultra-powerful corporations.  Back in 1983, the media industry was controlled
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