I recently added the transcript to this video which you can access here: academyofideas.com/2013/10/what-is-brainwashing/ I am working on an updated series on propaganda/mass-hypnosis/brainwashing which will be available in the near future.
Excellent! Thank you for your profoundly insightful work, it's sorely needed in these times of mass hypnosis. The Zombie Apocalypse has arrived, and the Zombies are the "order followers", obeying all recommendations, orders and mandates from the "authorities" and "experts", wearing masks and hiding away in their homes as they deny life...because they're paranoid of death.
Your trying to brainwash the people who would watch this but American White or African American people never will have any of they're own (what Christianity wrote: ascension being's) anyways and I'm just an observer.
academyofideas Really great videos. I had a thought though, doesn't the political left (and the political right does also, but just with different concepts) induce fear in people through the concepts of racism, sexism, and homophobia? What I mean is that if people disagree with the left's take on race, they often get branded as a racist, and there is a type of social shaming that goes on when branded as a racist. So they induce the fear of being labeled something that society deems really bad, namely racism, in order to force you to agree with their assessment of the political situation. It is like if you disagreed with the political right on the war in Iraq, you hated America and loved the terrorists, but the if disagree with the left's assessment of race, then you become a racist. Is it a tactic of manipulation that at all large and powerful in-groups use, shaming and forced conversion whether on the left or right?
Academy of Ideas , great video yet again! however, don't you think that you're kind of whitewashing modern politics when you mention that this level of scaremongering propaganda has decreased compared to previous totalitarian regimes? most governments today use it far more effectively than Goebels or Stalin or Truman ever did.
I witnessed a natural sudden change in behavior of a duck. My father used to raise ducks, most never hatched eggs but some would find a spot in the flower bed or under a building and then build a nest and lay eggs. One female in particular was extremely loud and would wander off by herself constantly squawking very loudly. One day I spotted a hawk on top of her attempting to kill her. I ran outside and the hawk flew away. The duck just laid there and looked dead. I picked up the duck and started to lay her back on the nest in the flower bed when she came alive and suddenly flew put of my hands and about 30 ft away to the edge of the creek. Normally ducks will get in the water and float around or sit on the bank. She stood for an hour on the creek bank just staring off into the distance. After that she barely ever made a sound. When she did it was very low and quiet. As I watched her standing there I realized she was contemplating what had just happened so I think there must be some level of self awareness.
Let's just be indifferent and laugh at all the muzzled individuals who think they're "being so safe" by listening to mommy and daddy government and their henchmen/order follower ilk. :D
Kat Rogan I am American and I have a conditioned response, like Pavlov’s dog, to communism, that fairer redistribution of wealth leads to a catalogue of human nightmares, and that the current economic system is human nature and freedom and innovation... but I am not brainwashed lol
The importance of this message cannot be overstated. Especially in these troubled times when people are all to ready, even happy, to exchange freedom for safety. Safety isn’t free, and freedom isn’t safe.
A perfect ending to a flawless message. Thank you again, Academy of Ideas. Today I am blessed with a guilt free amusement toward the lunacy of humanity.
I like how you researched the topic broadly, appreciate your teams's efforts. The topic is fascinating. Having and building a neutral perspective while connecting the dots is tough. Thank you for creating and sharing pertinent concept in a unique manner! Have a great week ahead.
When i saw this, I immediately think of 1984, how they torture Winston and get him feel better, then he become a slave to the Party, so that's why the trauma is needed
Yes, it took a while to break Winston. For me it makes me think of the terrible death of George Floyd, and how that terribly emotional and horrific video was used to spark a worldwide movement and shift the mindsets of many. Away from liberalism (judge by character not skin colour) and toward critical race theory (an ideology based entirely on race), and all through emotion rather than logic (OK this is clearly distressing and needs to be condemned but let's examine the facts now and consider: what does it really say about racism?). Again analogous with 1984, Robin D'Angelo and other critical race theorists have worked incredibly hard and for several decades to change the meaning of words so that anti-racism is actually racism, "colourblindness" is now racism, and the list goes on. Reading 1984 helped me to understand what the heck was going on when this new ideology seemed to become mainstream in the UK this Summer following the tragic killing of George Floyd in the US.
Ironically,Tom Hanks best&only &real friend on the island he was stranded,after planecrash. in hollywood movie.This soccer ball,he also named,WINSTON.....Winston was only key to his sanity,&only key to a normal fullfilling meaningfull future,after he eventually got rescued.
All I can say is, "its 2021 and the dogs have been broken down and conditioned to hate their freedoms through a strenuous bombardment of fear, acceptance of their new way of life of security handed to them."
This is one of the most important channels that exists in this day and age. God bless you and the work you’re doing. Your vision is beautiful. I pray for amplification of your reach,
@@whittakerdanielj Do you think people who want you to wear a mask because during a pandemic you might spread a potentially deadly virus, putting other lives at risk? The only two reasons that I can think of for why someone wouldn't wear a mask would be A) they don't believe in the virus or B) they are accelerationist/are looking for herd immunity. Thoughts?
@@jordanherzstein5094 The major issue is the forcing of the belief without evidence. Before someone tries to rebuke that, firstly, we must look at what is being said to us and think critically about it. Secondly, we have to ask, what is the justification for making people wear a mask with the survival rate over 99%, and the invalid data gathering techniques? That is an important question. This leads me into giving you another reason why: those who endorse are using questionable use of the sciences, and they are not willing to their techniques be transparent nor be held responsible for their work. I have a video that touches on this area.
And how people reacted to the terrible video of George Floyd's death in the US. It is one thing to condemn it and try and understand what happened (ie. was it police brutality or also racism; how much does this happen; does it happen to people of other races) and another to totally buy into a new race based ideology that is totally against liberalism and true equality. But makes sense having watching this video. It is a form of radicalization if you think about it.
I still dont aware it because it's not that dangerous yet. Compare it that it killed a million to other deadliest pandemics such as Black death, spanish flue.
How ironic was it that I was laughing at some of the stuff you're saying because of going through it already and how ridiculous people adhere to these what you say hobgoblins and then halfway through you said the best way to deal with it is to laugh.. you make some good videos man keep them up, there the best
It really can be . Because this world is now ridiculous and this is happening in front of our very eyes, at times laughing at its ridiculousness is the best and most productive option . So for me as I have suicidal depression laughing can and has literally saved my life.
Please keep these videos coming.. I forward them to those who can intrepret them properly.. in my opinion, this channel has the ability to help guide western culture out of the current dilemmas we face.. thank you for all your efforts
You have 2 nervous systems. When you experience trauma you flip into fight or flight, and anything connected with the trauma is stored in this nervous system. To access the memories for healing the person needs to re-enter the same emotional state and be present within the fight or flight system to access the programming and remove it, often by completing physical actions in response to the trauma that were not done at the time. This is a body memory that stores and holds trauma and gives it the number one in importance which over rides the rational brain. The original Rolfing technique is one way to access and release emotional trauma and break up patterns of inhibition.
Try “Molecules of Emotion” by Candice Pert M.D. for information about the second gut level brain. There’s numerous books on Rolfing including a couple written by Dr. Ida Rolf.
In terms of the emotive and shocking videos of people being killed by the police, and the new (so called "anti-racist") ideology that people seem to receive while in that induced emotional and hysterical state? If so, totally agree.
In 1984- how Winston first despises the party, then gets captured by the thought police, held captive, tortured into believing that 2+2=5, and by the end of the book he has tears in his eyes saying “I love Big Brother.”
even crueler when it happens in real life. Such as what Black Lives Matter do with their incredibly emotional and traumatic films of black people being killed (while not also promoting the equally traumatic films of white people being killed by the police) - and then coming in with the new "anti-racist" ideology, which is by its very nature racist (i.e., it is an ideology based on race - instead of based on the universalism and liberalism of true movements for equality). I had wondered why people were so ready to believe and almost be converted to this new way of thinking. This video makes it much clearer.
May the unwashed, rise up ask nicely to please have our incrementally diminishing rights returned. That will show them who is boss. Can I hear an Amen?
Your audiocasts are invaluable. Thank you for your professionalism, your in-depth research and your unbridled devotion to your craft of curiosity. We’re amidst the cabals’ reset from a free world into a strict communist authoritarian rule; a feudal cast system. It appears this physical realm also undergoes its own time clock physical changes, and they’re keenly aware of this. I do not think they control the timeline of these occurrences, but they navigate between the different societies that propel between the demolition of a system and the rebirth of the new... perhaps you can make an audio cast of such a thing?
@@greenfox6917 From Nostradamus to the Bible, from the Mayan Calendar to countless ancient stories; they all describe a physical change (reset) to this holographic simulation realm, in the form of a (mud) flood 🌊 or fire 🔥 from the sky ✨… The mismanagers of this place do not have any control over this, but they do (somewhat) know the timeline. It appears they (went underground and) survived the last cataclysm. Hence their knowledge and top positions in today’s hierarchy in politics, business, law, entertainment, big pharma, etc. But worry not, we’re in a loop and return, over and over again to relive (unrepaired lives) once more… My hypothesis is that if we manage to work on ourselves and fix ourselves and truly get to know our true selves, we move on to the next dimension. This place is more of a test, intended to chisel out the best of us, through circumstances most would describe as suffering. Peace 🙏
I love this channel. God damn godsend for me. If no idea how I've been allowing the lunacy get to me so much lately but thank you for your content. Axious. Non-Servium.🏴☠️
If I was your son I'd obey you to the max, You are the one that is in total control. Everyday, I'd come home from school and the 1 st thing I do, is give you my phone...don't want any distractions, then I do my homework, then all the chores for that day, which must be done to your satisfaction. Then do whatever you tell me to do with no back talk or arguing. On the weekends, I'd do what you want me to do, Before I have my "Free time"
But it isn't always those things. When people are radicalized by watching a terrible event (such as the tragic death of George Floyd) this is traumatic and emotional but I wouldn't say it was torture. Yet it has the desired effect of inducing suggestibility in some people, so that they are ready to receive "anti racism" in any form and without question - even if it deviates from their previously held views of what racism is etc.
Exactly. In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil. The tragedy of 21 lives lost on 5/24/2022 due to mass shooting and nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again prove that our democratic gov't is the root cause.
CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html How to Brainwash a Nation: KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
The safety of the free world depends not only on courage, moral virtue and logic, but on humor. Humor which produces the well-balanced state in which emotional excess is laughed at as ugly and wasteful. -Will Sargant
I have read the book and lived through it for 12 years starting in Antarctica with an intense session of two months as late in Apr - May 2016 and mildly continuing thereafter till date. It involves a powerful organisation with bosses having much money and muscle power who have been able to influence people around me including family members and friends outside the organisation's sphere of influence too. there is a lot of mental torture involved and it sure affects your brain and gives intense headaches. When it started way back in Antarctica reading Ayn Rand and objectivism (particularly Anthem and Philosophy : who needs it?) gave me some strength and direction to survive it. I've been somewhat a spiritual person with some roots in Hindu philosophy since childhood and that alone has enabled me survive it till date. I remember everything done to me and people have said and done in these many years that my experiences can serve as a good source of learning for someone interested in studying the subject. It also involves stalking, bullying, 24 hours surveillance and human rights violations. The book " Brainwashing: the science of thought control" had been followed to the letter in the session in Apr- May 2016 by the bosses. the multi-step process propounded by Robert Lifton was proved true.
@@amandacerami6143 You've been brainwashed. Trump is a New Yorker - the heart and soul of diversity. Pre-covid blacks have had the highest unemployment numbers in history. Trump passed economic Opportunity Zones, prison reform, and gifted a 9-y.o. African American girl with a school choice scholarship. He didn't have to do those things. He could have chosen to benefit others. But he didn't. He benefitted African Americans and he benefits Hispanics, too. I've spoken to a number of Hispanics who are resentful of illegals getting so much preferential treatment after they spent thousands of dollars and many years pursuing legal immigration. It's completely unfair to them and they support Trump. BTW "racist" is a term invented by Trotsky to coerce the insecure into complying with communism. Congratulations you are now a communist.
@@ruizegu5974 If you don't vote for Biden, you ain't black! C'mon man, what are you? A junkie? Hispanics definitely have more diverse opinions and ideas than you do! I know that cornpop was a bad, bad dude... he knew a lot about roaches and they would hang on to my leg hair while they turned blonde in the sun light
I've recently been told that I was brainwashed (accused of being brainwashed might be a better phrasing). And UA-cam then suggests this video... This thing is listening. Anyways, I hope when talking about sensitive topics folks would avoid using this accusation. Remember, if someone you know and love has been brainwashed (or you suspect it) they have likely been through some trauma. Try to be calm, rational and loving with them. Laugh with them. If you accuse them they will likly become defensive - remember they are wounded, and you may be touching something concealing their wound.
Suddenly I understand why the modern social justice movement rails so hard against anyone cracking jokes. Anyone here remember how hard they went after comedians?
I find these videos fascinating and well-researched, but it does make me wonder about the creator's own mindset and goals. For example, as interesting as this one is, I have to wonder if he knew that it (along with his feature on propaganda) is also a form of brain-washing, at least in relation to the topic of Christianity (i.e., John Wesley) to reinforce any existing animus toward that faith. Also, in the case of George Bush, while I can probably find some agreement, the case about the terrorists' goals is simple truth. Still the overall video is well worth viewing, and comparing against current events, in particular: what are the goals of current government and corporate directives, policies, public statements, and unintended, candid statements by their officials or management personnel? How does one differentiate between truth for truth's sake and truth being misused for the purpose of brainwashing one into an opposing belief? It depends on the goal: is it to put people in a self-defense or simple information mode, or is it geared toward generating hatred of an entire race or religion? I hold that in this situation, do some homework about that race, and study the objective and tactics of that religion as expressed in their scripture.
4:04, 5:36, 9:20, 11:11 "Whoever can be roused by either fear or anger is more easily led to accept the desired pattern of co-operation". (Suggestibility)
5:20 Hitler said that you only need to boil your idea down to what we would call now a "soundbite" and repeat it over and over to get the people to believe it.
In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil. When you don’t question why, you are being brainwashed. On 5/14/2022, 10 African Americans were killed in a mass shooting in a supermarket in Buffalo New York. On 5/24/2022 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers were killed in a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school. In US, many citizens are angry that nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again and the US democratic gov't is the root cause. CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html How to Brainwash a Nation: KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
Jesus said that if anyone were to follow him, that they should "count the cost" of doing so. This is the opposite of relying on emotional experiences for conversion.
Excellent. I just want to go one step further to suggest it is possible to brainwash half of a society to believe one set of ideas, while the other half is being brainwash to believe another set of ideas. It's possible to use neurology to determine which set of ideas people are susceptible to.
in fact, it is possible to design a system which selects and filters and applies different tactics to different people based on how they respond to which information. You end up with categories of people who behave predictably and can be further 'shaped' and/or isolated according to the motives of the engineers.
In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil. When you don’t question why, you are being brainwashed. On 5/14/2022, 10 African Americans were killed in a mass shooting in a supermarket in Buffalo New York. On 5/24/2022 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers were killed in a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school. In US, many citizens are angry that nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again and the US democratic gov't is the root cause. CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html How to Brainwash a Nation: KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
Excellent ! a great follow up to this video would be explaining '' the overton window '' ? if people think they have seen it all, they would never beleive the next social acceptance the controllers want humanity to do.
Don’t begin to think that all those who believes in religion or some higher deity as “brainwashed” immediately after watching this single video... you must be in your emotional stress... Try to read more before deciding....
Sorry, i figured out that was true ~30 years ago, has nothing to do with this video, but this video gives me a glimmer of hope that maybe the number of people who understand this is finally increasing.
While we fail to stop and prevent harm from occurring to innocent and helpless children, are we capable of recognising our harmful acts and stopping our domineering impacts on others when we all equally didn't choose to exist? Are we capable of capable of good judgements in light of ugly truths of our past and ugly truths that are going on right now?
Laughter is God's way of separating the well adjusted from the maladjusted. God makes his covenent with Isack which means "laughter" as his mother Sari (later Sarah) had laughed when told she would give birth long after her fertile time had passed. This proves that God has quite a sense of humor. We are not to worry but be of good courage and have faith in God. So LAUGH !
Thank goodness our world governments have never found a way to terrify us all to the point of nervous breakdown and then getting us to believe all sorts of ridiculous things and notions like, “owning nothing will make you happy”. Shit.
In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil. When one doesn't question why, you are being brainwashed. On 5/14/2022, 10 African Americans were killed in a mass shooting in a supermarket in Buffalo New York. On 5/24/2022 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers were killed in a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school. In US, many citizens are angry that nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again because the US democratic gov't is the root cause. CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html How to Brainwash a Nation: KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
Not just fear -- fear and confusion. In a state of fear and confusion, people can be induced to follow the suggestions/directives of someone who exudes confidence, no matter how unreasonable that person's suggestions/directives may seem.
The Stanford prison experiment would suggest this comes naturally to most people. Only a small minority are resistant to social conditioning and manipulation.
@@thegeneralist7527 You're probably right. Another commenter, perhaps being ironic, said, "Uninformed and not self aware." When people are taken out of their comfort zones and into danger zones, the rules of "there world" are suspended. It doesn't matter how intelligent and well informed you think you are; you're in territory where established assumptions are upended.
@@AmericanActionReport Thanks for the reply. These are good points. My opinion is there are two key factors in the Stanford prison experiment. First, there is an authority figure, in this case the prison warden and the guards. The second is a new environment with specific behavioral requirements - the prison and the cells. The Milgram experiment also demonstrates most people will obey an authority figure. The interesting thing is most people have a stereotypical view of what a prison is like, so placed in that environment without training or guidance will conform to that stereotypical behavior. Even most of he inmates in the Stanford prison experiment conformed to the stereotypical roles expected of them. I think we understand very little of how the human mind works. This is probably the greatest roadblock to advancing AI and mental health.
@@AmericanActionReport Another way to express 'uninformed and not self aware' could be 'poorly trained and poorly led'. Training is extremely important to AI, but there is no leadership component as of yet.
Acculturation, via operant conditioning, happens naturally as part of a child's development, starting from a state of innocence. Re-acculturation, as an adult, is essentially the same process only it involves first overriding, then invalidating the previous programming, an uncomfortable process; and so will be met with resistance initially. Once accomplished, however, the individual functions according to the new paradigm. Advocates of the previous mind set would look upon this with disdain and refer to it disparagingly; hence the term, brainwashing.
Does the extra emotional experience necessarily have to be one that invokes terror into the hearts of people or can it also be when witnessing an awe inspiring event?
If I understand your question correctly, I think that is what lies in the heart of brainwashing versus something else. I think the term brainwashing is clearing someones own "persona" out of their minds, and filling it with the mind and thoughts of someone else. If one is forcibly made to believe something which is "untrue", lets say a denial of an evident event or fact witnessed even by the brainwashed individual, by using violence or deprivation to destroy a persons psyche, then one could call that brainwashing. Someone might get a strong feeling that they have for example found god, and the process can be completely nonviolent and even optional in nature. And I think it has a lot to do with language and the society in which one lives. Many feel gods, but the gods might differ a lot. Many feel inner peace and tranquility, happiness, but yet don't need the word god or the existence of god in their language or thoughts. Though some believe out of fear, even if there is no other basis for this fear than superstition or the want to control someones behavior. If a child is brought up in fear of god for example, or in guilt, this mindset can be incredibly hard to come out of. And it doesn't have to be god, it can be a fear of another person, or race or nationality of people. But you can hide from other people easier than you can from an all knowing omnipotent god of course. Some say the biggest motivation behind all actions is personal pleasure. I'd put guilt and fear in the top 5 at least. Claims such as "Communism is the best way of life", or, "Democracy is the only way a happy society can exist", one can be persuaded to believe such things, and it is somewhat an opinion based claim. But one can also be made susceptible to false beliefs and thus removing the need for intellectual or emotional persuasion given by other people and/or surroundings. I find the best way one can live if they wish to have knowledge, is be open to ideas and be open to the idea that anyone can be wrong. "Have an open mind, but not open enough for your brains to fall out." These things are quite complex, it is evidently possible to brainwash people into violent acts and false beliefs, but it also involves persuasion. I don't know what torture it would take for someone to become a total tool, with no mind of their own, with no mind to agree or disagree. A person might, and in many cases does think he is doing something good, or noble, even when doing something painful to others. It's a complex mix of personal views and wants, versus all kinds of other factors. One can be persuaded by lies to kill someone, if they think this person has done something horrible, even when the fact might be that this person is innocent of any unethical action, but one must be go through some kind of process to not question this persuasion even when evidence is staring them squarely in the face. Being lied to and making rash decisions, is a lot different than brainwashing.
I believe what's said in the lecture is any deeply intense emotional experience combined with stressors at a high level. So, I envisioned the peaceful Women's Marches and thought, "Definitely a transformational moment, yup." There's a bond in moving through agony *or* ecstasy together. I hope it's more of the latter that moves us forward, in our ongoing to preserve decency and humanity. Namasté.
I recently added the transcript to this video which you can access here: academyofideas.com/2013/10/what-is-brainwashing/
I am working on an updated series on propaganda/mass-hypnosis/brainwashing which will be available in the near future.
Excellent! Thank you for your profoundly insightful work, it's sorely needed in these times of mass hypnosis. The Zombie Apocalypse has arrived, and the Zombies are the "order followers", obeying all recommendations, orders and mandates from the "authorities" and "experts", wearing masks and hiding away in their homes as they deny life...because they're paranoid of death.
Your trying to brainwash the people who would watch this but American White or African American people never will have any of they're own (what Christianity wrote: ascension being's) anyways and I'm just an observer.
Thank you! Your video has never been more relevant than in these days! Excellent work! :-)
@@williv.470 Wow, nice lack of brain power there, pal. This guy doesn't have the kind of reach needed. He's not even on the brainwash box.
Can you enlighten everyone on Qanon and how it has made people crazy? It's not just one side.
Hey mate. You may be tired of hearing it, but I appreciate your videos. Every single one of them.
I'll never get tired of hearing that. Thank you.
academyofideas Really great videos. I had a thought though, doesn't the political left (and the political right does also, but just with different concepts) induce fear in people through the concepts of racism, sexism, and homophobia? What I mean is that if people disagree with the left's take on race, they often get branded as a racist, and there is a type of social shaming that goes on when branded as a racist. So they induce the fear of being labeled something that society deems really bad, namely racism, in order to force you to agree with their assessment of the political situation. It is like if you disagreed with the political right on the war in Iraq, you hated America and loved the terrorists, but the if disagree with the left's assessment of race, then you become a racist. Is it a tactic of manipulation that at all large and powerful in-groups use, shaming and forced conversion whether on the left or right?
Academy of Ideas , great video yet again! however, don't you think that you're kind of whitewashing modern politics when you mention that this level of scaremongering propaganda has decreased compared to previous totalitarian regimes? most governments today use it far more effectively than Goebels or Stalin or Truman ever did.
Ain't that the truth 😏
Great content as always 👍🏿
Me too
You’re basically my go-to channel for maintaining mental stability. Amazing effort, such important messages here. I really appreciate you.
Right. Especially in the age of global deceit aka covid19 aka "invisible enemy". :)
Same here. All my life I was basically told I was stupid and I was but only for listening to them. I’m not able to write songs and write books
I witnessed a natural sudden change in behavior of a duck. My father used to raise ducks, most never hatched eggs but some would find a spot in the flower bed or under a building and then build a nest and lay eggs.
One female in particular was extremely loud and would wander off by herself constantly squawking very loudly.
One day I spotted a hawk on top of her attempting to kill her. I ran outside and the hawk flew away. The duck just laid there and looked dead. I picked up the duck and started to lay her back on the nest in the flower bed when she came alive and suddenly flew put of my hands and about 30 ft away to the edge of the creek.
Normally ducks will get in the water and float around or sit on the bank. She stood for an hour on the creek bank just staring off into the distance.
After that she barely ever made a sound. When she did it was very low and quiet. As I watched her standing there I realized she was contemplating what had just happened so I think there must be some level of self awareness.
I love this anecdote
Trauma suffered during the attack. Get an analyst. But not just any quack!
NDE plus PTSD?
Good for her!
trauma based mind control.
This guy has beeeen trying to herd us into consciousness
Ja broer. And over here we need it desperately.
Let's just be indifferent and laugh at all the muzzled individuals who think they're "being so safe" by listening to mommy and daddy government and their henchmen/order follower ilk. :D
This is the red pill from the matrix 💪
Right... In 2013.... The reality is that we were warnred.
Hahahahahaahashahahahaha ,,,,YESSSSS!
In my opinion, this is a very important channel.
Kat Rogan I am American and I have a conditioned response, like Pavlov’s dog, to communism, that fairer redistribution of wealth leads to a catalogue of human nightmares, and that the current economic system is human nature and freedom and innovation... but I am not brainwashed lol
A valid opinion, in my view
I agree, sir
Today even more so ,2021
"What we learn from history is that we never learn from history." ( Hagel?)
no, that was Groucho Marx, I believe.
It's just inevitable.
Hegal
Those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it
If we could learn anything thern would be no wars!
The importance of this message cannot be overstated. Especially in these troubled times when people are all to ready, even happy, to exchange freedom for safety. Safety isn’t free, and freedom isn’t safe.
A perfect ending to a flawless message. Thank you again, Academy of Ideas. Today I am blessed with a guilt free amusement toward the lunacy of humanity.
I like how you researched the topic broadly, appreciate your teams's efforts. The topic is fascinating. Having and building a neutral perspective while connecting the dots is tough. Thank you for creating and sharing pertinent concept in a unique manner! Have a great week ahead.
When i saw this, I immediately think of 1984, how they torture Winston and get him feel better, then he become a slave to the Party, so that's why the trauma is needed
Yes, 1984 ilustrates this perfectly. The Party used fear and hate directed at an imaginary enemy to keep everyone loyal.
Kinda like America lol
Yes, it took a while to break Winston. For me it makes me think of the terrible death of George Floyd, and how that terribly emotional and horrific video was used to spark a worldwide movement and shift the mindsets of many. Away from liberalism (judge by character not skin colour) and toward critical race theory (an ideology based entirely on race), and all through emotion rather than logic (OK this is clearly distressing and needs to be condemned but let's examine the facts now and consider: what does it really say about racism?).
Again analogous with 1984, Robin D'Angelo and other critical race theorists have worked incredibly hard and for several decades to change the meaning of words so that anti-racism is actually racism, "colourblindness" is now racism, and the list goes on. Reading 1984 helped me to understand what the heck was going on when this new ideology seemed to become mainstream in the UK this Summer following the tragic killing of George Floyd in the US.
Ironically,Tom Hanks best&only &real friend on the island he was stranded,after planecrash. in hollywood movie.This soccer ball,he also named,WINSTON.....Winston was only key to his sanity,&only key to a normal fullfilling meaningfull future,after he eventually got rescued.
@@jcmwjcmw2006 He named the ball Wilson I believe. But for a moment I thought it was called Winston too!
So relevant today. Thank you for making this so plain.
Threats, manipulation of stress & anxiety towards creating artificial neuroses.
All I can say is, "its 2021 and the dogs have been broken down and conditioned to hate their freedoms through a strenuous bombardment of fear, acceptance of their new way of life of security handed to them."
This is one of the most important channels that exists in this day and age. God bless you and the work you’re doing. Your vision is beautiful. I pray for amplification of your reach,
Oh the irony 💀
@@minimcgregorminipekka7386
Sad.
@@SarcasmIsMyGame_ whatever floats your boat
Now I am thinking about how people react when people see someone who is not wearing a mask.
Like how? I'm curious on your take!
@@Menaceblue3 outing them as a villain for not being a part of their ideology.
@@whittakerdanielj Do you think people who want you to wear a mask because during a pandemic you might spread a potentially deadly virus, putting other lives at risk? The only two reasons that I can think of for why someone wouldn't wear a mask would be A) they don't believe in the virus or B) they are accelerationist/are looking for herd immunity. Thoughts?
@@jordanherzstein5094 The major issue is the forcing of the belief without evidence. Before someone tries to rebuke that, firstly, we must look at what is being said to us and think critically about it.
Secondly, we have to ask, what is the justification for making people wear a mask with the survival rate over 99%, and the invalid data gathering techniques? That is an important question.
This leads me into giving you another reason why: those who endorse are using questionable use of the sciences, and they are not willing to their techniques be transparent nor be held responsible for their work. I have a video that touches on this area.
And how people reacted to the terrible video of George Floyd's death in the US. It is one thing to condemn it and try and understand what happened (ie. was it police brutality or also racism; how much does this happen; does it happen to people of other races) and another to totally buy into a new race based ideology that is totally against liberalism and true equality. But makes sense having watching this video. It is a form of radicalization if you think about it.
Exactly what’s going on with this world lockdown bluff
I still dont aware it because it's not that dangerous yet. Compare it that it killed a million to other deadliest pandemics such as Black death, spanish flue.
YURI Bezmenov 1984 video on UA-cam 1hr long...
That's what's going on
Yep
what is going on is a filtering process to determine who will comply and who must be terminated.
Social engineering.
"Those who don't read the news are uninformed, those who do are misinformed" Mark Twain.
Twain was a demiurge minion,one of many of the same era propaganda
How ironic was it that I was laughing at some of the stuff you're saying because of going through it already and how ridiculous people adhere to these what you say hobgoblins and then halfway through you said the best way to deal with it is to laugh.. you make some good videos man keep them up, there the best
It really can be . Because this world is now ridiculous and this is happening in front of our very eyes, at times laughing at its ridiculousness is the best and most productive option . So for me as I have suicidal depression laughing can and has literally saved my life.
wow, this helps make sense of a lot of things going on in the world. I'm gonna follow this channel
Great video, really well done and informative.Your channel is excellent!
Al Gore didn't try well.
wow, some crucial insights about society and the masses. :)
This channel is a treasure trove.
1984
And Animal Farm.
@@coiledsteel8344 Why, because the dogs?
Brave new world comes to mind as well as Logan’s Run and even Blade Runner
@@adamllewellin9146 Also the Matrix
Andd now its 2021. And we have covid 19 .... 84
Learning this is a privilege.
As usual outstanding work, very insightful.
Please keep these videos coming.. I forward them to those who can intrepret them properly.. in my opinion, this channel has the ability to help guide western culture out of the current dilemmas we face.. thank you for all your efforts
This has been especially true in the last 2 years.
Oh man that ending!!!!! God everything is starting to make sense
And today in 2021?
You have 2 nervous systems. When you experience trauma you flip into fight or flight, and anything connected with the trauma is stored in this nervous system. To access the memories for healing the person needs to re-enter the same emotional state and be present within the fight or flight system to access the programming and remove it, often by completing physical actions in response to the trauma that were not done at the time. This is a body memory that stores and holds trauma and gives it the number one in importance which over rides the rational brain. The original Rolfing technique is one way to access and release emotional trauma and break up patterns of inhibition.
Do you recall where you acquired these ideas? I've been exploring a concept that seems very similar, but I have no external sources.
Try “Molecules of Emotion” by Candice Pert M.D. for information about the second gut level brain. There’s numerous books on Rolfing including a couple written by Dr. Ida Rolf.
@@aliceputt3133 much appreciated
This is very applicable today. June 2 2020
In terms of the emotive and shocking videos of people being killed by the police, and the new (so called "anti-racist") ideology that people seem to receive while in that induced emotional and hysterical state? If so, totally agree.
@@just_another32 i think he was talking about the covid hysteria caused by goverments to justify taking away liberties.
Even more so today 2021
@@just_another32 provoke and evoke ... emotions to cognitive belief. All you have left is sociopaths and critical thinkers!
In 1984- how Winston first despises the party, then gets captured by the thought police, held captive, tortured into believing that 2+2=5, and by the end of the book he has tears in his eyes saying “I love Big Brother.”
:(
Winston Smith is all of us. Some of us held out much longer than others, but we all break eventually.
Excellent video! We need sober, detached, rational analysis now more than ever.
Thanks for this video. The information is very clear and helpful; please keep this going
Dang I learned more from this video than if I was watching it at school.
wow those experiments are cruel.
Liz Torres At bottom there is nothing humane about logical inquiry. It's the shadow we have to live with.
even crueler when it happens in real life. Such as what Black Lives Matter do with their incredibly emotional and traumatic films of black people being killed (while not also promoting the equally traumatic films of white people being killed by the police) - and then coming in with the new "anti-racist" ideology, which is by its very nature racist (i.e., it is an ideology based on race - instead of based on the universalism and liberalism of true movements for equality). I had wondered why people were so ready to believe and almost be converted to this new way of thinking. This video makes it much clearer.
That was great! I had no idea Pavlov did those other experiments on his dogs-fascinating. Thank you
Im impressed with this short videos, respect.
May the unwashed, rise up ask nicely to please have our incrementally diminishing rights returned. That will show them who is boss. Can I hear an Amen?
It wasn't Wesleys sermons that brought upon conversion; but the Moving of the Holy Spirit upon their hearts.
Excellent, very informative.
Your audiocasts are invaluable. Thank you for your professionalism, your in-depth research and your unbridled devotion to your craft of curiosity.
We’re amidst the cabals’ reset from a free world into a strict communist authoritarian rule; a feudal cast system. It appears this physical realm also undergoes its own time clock physical changes, and they’re keenly aware of this.
I do not think they control the timeline of these occurrences, but they navigate between the different societies that propel between the demolition of a system and the rebirth of the new... perhaps you can make an audio cast of such a thing?
What do you mean by "It appears this physical realm also undergoes its own time clock physical changes, and they’re keenly aware of this"
@@greenfox6917 From Nostradamus to the Bible, from the Mayan Calendar to countless ancient stories; they all describe a physical change (reset) to this holographic simulation realm, in the form of a (mud) flood 🌊 or fire 🔥 from the sky ✨…
The mismanagers of this place do not have any control over this, but they do (somewhat) know the timeline. It appears they (went underground and) survived the last cataclysm. Hence their knowledge and top positions in today’s hierarchy in politics, business, law, entertainment, big pharma, etc.
But worry not, we’re in a loop and return, over and over again to relive (unrepaired lives) once more…
My hypothesis is that if we manage to work on ourselves and fix ourselves and truly get to know our true selves, we move on to the next dimension. This place is more of a test, intended to chisel out the best of us, through circumstances most would describe as suffering.
Peace 🙏
I love this channel. God damn godsend for me. If no idea how I've been allowing the lunacy get to me so much lately but thank you for your content.
Axious. Non-Servium.🏴☠️
Courage..logic..humor..u say! Those are things I would live by
Me too! They are very important right now
Wow!!!! When school starts up i will be sharing this pertinent information thank you
If I was your son I'd obey you to the max, You are the one that is in total control.
Everyday, I'd come home from school and the 1 st thing I do, is give you my phone...don't want any distractions, then I do my homework, then all the chores for that day, which must be done to your satisfaction. Then do whatever you tell me to do with no back talk or arguing.
On the weekends, I'd do what you want me to do, Before I have my "Free time"
These videos are golden for Homeschooling
Call it with its correct names: torture and severe re-traumatization. Also trauma bonds.
But it isn't always those things. When people are radicalized by watching a terrible event (such as the tragic death of George Floyd) this is traumatic and emotional but I wouldn't say it was torture. Yet it has the desired effect of inducing suggestibility in some people, so that they are ready to receive "anti racism" in any form and without question - even if it deviates from their previously held views of what racism is etc.
Thank heavens for this channel and your astute study of our condition
I thank you for boosting me so far into my Conscious state as of now
Just finished a unit on the Korean War and heading into one on bias in the media so this is just perfect segue - thanks!
surprisngly this helps with the understanding of identity disorders in patients with BPD
Best way not 2 get brainwashed is 2 believe in nothing.
Question everything.
Exactly. In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil.
The tragedy of 21 lives lost on 5/24/2022 due to mass shooting and nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again prove that our democratic gov't is the root cause.
CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole
ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html
How to Brainwash a Nation:
KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion
ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html
America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy
ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html
Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected
ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
The first original movie, "Manchurian Candidate," with Frank Sinatra, still a classic!
This channel is like the super-ego of The School of life ;D
joysdepraved i used to watch school of life, now it's a joke compared to academy of ideas.
Could you elaborate because I prefer the school of life
I watch both of them, the school of life is good for the average, this channel is way better if you have deep understanding of psychology
AOI>sol
Informative though I think the world would be a better place if no one ever discovered this stuff.
The safety of the free world depends not only on courage, moral virtue and logic, but on humor.
Humor which produces the well-balanced state in which emotional excess is laughed at as ugly and wasteful.
-Will Sargant
You people dripping some great ones in here I'm glad I clicked this video. ❤
I have read the book and lived through it for 12 years starting in Antarctica with an intense session of two months as late in Apr - May 2016 and mildly continuing thereafter till date. It involves a powerful organisation with bosses having much money and muscle power who have been able to influence people around me including family members and friends outside the organisation's sphere of influence too. there is a lot of mental torture involved and it sure affects your brain and gives intense headaches. When it started way back in Antarctica reading Ayn Rand and objectivism (particularly Anthem and Philosophy : who needs it?) gave me some strength and direction to survive it. I've been somewhat a spiritual person with some roots in Hindu philosophy since childhood and that alone has enabled me survive it till date. I remember everything done to me and people have said and done in these many years that my experiences can serve as a good source of learning for someone interested in studying the subject. It also involves stalking, bullying, 24 hours surveillance and human rights violations. The book " Brainwashing: the science of thought control" had been followed to the letter in the session in Apr- May 2016 by the bosses. the multi-step process propounded by Robert Lifton was proved true.
I feel brainwashed when I watch self
Help stuff because I immediately feel the complete opposite of how I felt before I watched it
The pledge of Allegiance....
A very very relevant content for everytime but specially in the Covid World, it's just hits the Bull's Eye.!! Thank you.
Who's here in 2020? xD (The answer is all of America)
For real... !!! Let’s vote Trump out of office and END racism. Gotta come together and save this generation before it gets even worse!
@@amandacerami6143 You've been brainwashed. Trump is a New Yorker - the heart and soul of diversity. Pre-covid blacks have had the highest unemployment numbers in history. Trump passed economic Opportunity Zones, prison reform, and gifted a 9-y.o. African American girl with a school choice scholarship. He didn't have to do those things. He could have chosen to benefit others. But he didn't. He benefitted African Americans and he benefits Hispanics, too. I've spoken to a number of Hispanics who are resentful of illegals getting so much preferential treatment after they spent thousands of dollars and many years pursuing legal immigration. It's completely unfair to them and they support Trump. BTW "racist" is a term invented by Trotsky to coerce the insecure into complying with communism. Congratulations you are now a communist.
@@joleezanes5938 lol nice humor
@@ruizegu5974 ua-cam.com/video/xuMX8y7KBnY/v-deo.html It's absolutely true. The media is working overtime to take Trump down. Wake up
@@ruizegu5974
If you don't vote for Biden, you ain't black! C'mon man, what are you? A junkie? Hispanics definitely have more diverse opinions and ideas than you do! I know that cornpop was a bad, bad dude... he knew a lot about roaches and they would hang on to my leg hair while they turned blonde in the sun light
I've recently been told that I was brainwashed (accused of being brainwashed might be a better phrasing). And UA-cam then suggests this video... This thing is listening. Anyways, I hope when talking about sensitive topics folks would avoid using this accusation. Remember, if someone you know and love has been brainwashed (or you suspect it) they have likely been through some trauma. Try to be calm, rational and loving with them. Laugh with them. If you accuse them they will likly become defensive - remember they are wounded, and you may be touching something concealing their wound.
Nearly Everyone has been brainwashed. And it's not new, it's been ongoing for a very long time.
Thanks for explaining this so well!
Incredible.
Suddenly I understand why the modern social justice movement rails so hard against anyone cracking jokes. Anyone here remember how hard they went after comedians?
Humour disrupts the programming
8:34 I’m this far in and my mind is blown
And happening right in front of our eyes with covid and media right now!
I find these videos fascinating and well-researched, but it does make me wonder about the creator's own mindset and goals. For example, as interesting as this one is, I have to wonder if he knew that it (along with his feature on propaganda) is also a form of brain-washing, at least in relation to the topic of Christianity (i.e., John Wesley) to reinforce any existing animus toward that faith.
Also, in the case of George Bush, while I can probably find some agreement, the case about the terrorists' goals is simple truth. Still the overall video is well worth viewing, and comparing against current events, in particular: what are the goals of current government and corporate directives, policies, public statements, and unintended, candid statements by their officials or management personnel?
How does one differentiate between truth for truth's sake and truth being misused for the purpose of brainwashing one into an opposing belief? It depends on the goal: is it to put people in a self-defense or simple information mode, or is it geared toward generating hatred of an entire race or religion? I hold that in this situation, do some homework about that race, and study the objective and tactics of that religion as expressed in their scripture.
Modern corporations
4:04, 5:36, 9:20, 11:11 "Whoever can be roused by either fear or anger is more easily led to accept the desired pattern of co-operation". (Suggestibility)
Thanks for the video.. This just strengthened my phylosophy 👍
5:20 Hitler said that you only need to boil your idea down to what we would call now a "soundbite" and repeat it over and over to get the people to believe it.
In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil.
When you don’t question why, you are being brainwashed.
On 5/14/2022, 10 African Americans were killed in a mass shooting in a supermarket in Buffalo New York.
On 5/24/2022 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers were killed in a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school. In US, many citizens are angry that nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again and the US democratic gov't is the root cause.
CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole
ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html
How to Brainwash a Nation:
KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion
ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html
America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy
ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html
Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected
ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
Jesus said that if anyone were to follow him, that they should "count the cost" of doing so. This is the opposite of relying on emotional experiences for conversion.
This is truly great!
Pretty much started off with "thirst" from tv & vocalised inside my head, Aug2011.
REZNOV!
Excellent. I just want to go one step further to suggest it is possible to brainwash half of a society to believe one set of ideas, while the other half is being brainwash to believe another set of ideas. It's possible to use neurology to determine which set of ideas people are susceptible to.
in fact, it is possible to design a system which selects and filters and applies different tactics to different people based on how they respond to which information. You end up with categories of people who behave predictably and can be further 'shaped' and/or isolated according to the motives of the engineers.
Brainwashing is believing in something without reasoning or verification.
In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil.
When you don’t question why, you are being brainwashed.
On 5/14/2022, 10 African Americans were killed in a mass shooting in a supermarket in Buffalo New York.
On 5/24/2022 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers were killed in a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school. In US, many citizens are angry that nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again and the US democratic gov't is the root cause.
CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole
ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html
How to Brainwash a Nation:
KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion
ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html
America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy
ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html
Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected
ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
Great education, thanks for your videos.
Excellent work as always, I'd missed this one.
Any insights on how to expedite peoples departure from the mass formation?
Build back better
We are in this together
Trust the science
According to experts
Safe and effective
Pandemic of the unvaccinated
Excellent ! a great follow up to this video would be explaining '' the overton window '' ? if people think they have seen it all, they would never beleive the next social acceptance the controllers want humanity to do.
Don’t begin to think that all those who believes in religion or some higher deity as “brainwashed” immediately after watching this single video... you must be in your emotional stress... Try to read more before deciding....
I agree with you there dude
Sorry, i figured out that was true ~30 years ago, has nothing to do with this video, but this video gives me a glimmer of hope that maybe the number of people who understand this is finally increasing.
While we fail to stop and prevent harm from occurring to innocent and helpless children, are we capable of recognising our harmful acts and stopping our domineering impacts on others when we all equally didn't choose to exist? Are we capable of capable of good judgements in light of ugly truths of our past and ugly truths that are going on right now?
I open my eyes and see the real world,
And I begin to laugh ever since.
Why is there laughters
When this world is on fire ?
Laughter is God's way of separating the well adjusted from the maladjusted. God makes his covenent with Isack which means "laughter" as his mother Sari (later Sarah) had laughed when told she would give birth long after her fertile time had passed. This proves that God has quite a sense of humor. We are not to worry but be of good courage and have faith in God. So LAUGH !
really great stuff!
keep it up!
I love this
“Emotional excess” is now my favorite phrase.
We have to learn how to unlearn what has been taughts to us
Thank goodness our world governments have never found a way to terrify us all to the point of nervous breakdown and then getting us to believe all sorts of ridiculous things and notions like, “owning nothing will make you happy”.
Shit.
In our society, many just believe democracy is good and communism is evil without questioning why democracy must be good and why communism must be evil. When one doesn't question why, you are being brainwashed.
On 5/14/2022, 10 African Americans were killed in a mass shooting in a supermarket in Buffalo New York.
On 5/24/2022 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers were killed in a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school. In US, many citizens are angry that nothing can be done to really prevent these nonsense from happening again because the US democratic gov't is the root cause.
CIA director: We Lied, We Cheated, We Stole
ua-cam.com/video/DPt-zXn05ac/v-deo.html
How to Brainwash a Nation:
KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion
ua-cam.com/video/pOmXiapfCs8/v-deo.html
America Gun Problem Exposes The Truth of America's Failing Democracy
ua-cam.com/video/3mX0zLoO8xQ/v-deo.html
Understand China's Democracy & WHY Xi Jinping will likely be reelected
ua-cam.com/video/pDKRkWLz_QU/v-deo.html
Well this explains why im sane. I treat everything as a joke.
@@RenSako very interesting care to elaborate? Because I will be honest I am learning more and more as each minute passes
Quality videos! Keep it up!
Excellent video!
O'Brien was right...
Nailed it!! ☀️💛 Brisbane
The Government have got this down no problem 😂
I'm watching this so that I don't get brainwashed. IQ: Infinite
Love this channel
Abusers instinctively know this. See why victims don't leave the abusive relationship is they're brainwashed by the abusers
Not just fear -- fear and confusion. In a state of fear and confusion, people can be induced to follow the suggestions/directives of someone who exudes confidence, no matter how unreasonable that person's suggestions/directives may seem.
Uniformed and not self aware
The Stanford prison experiment would suggest this comes naturally to most people. Only a small minority are resistant to social conditioning and manipulation.
@@thegeneralist7527 You're probably right. Another commenter, perhaps being ironic, said, "Uninformed and not self aware." When people are taken out of their comfort zones and into danger zones, the rules of "there world" are suspended. It doesn't matter how intelligent and well informed you think you are; you're in territory where established assumptions are upended.
@@AmericanActionReport Thanks for the reply. These are good points. My opinion is there are two key factors in the Stanford prison experiment. First, there is an authority figure, in this case the prison warden and the guards. The second is a new environment with specific behavioral requirements - the prison and the cells.
The Milgram experiment also demonstrates most people will obey an authority figure. The interesting thing is most people have a stereotypical view of what a prison is like, so placed in that environment without training or guidance will conform to that stereotypical behavior. Even most of he inmates in the Stanford prison experiment conformed to the stereotypical roles expected of them. I think we understand very little of how the human mind works. This is probably the greatest roadblock to advancing AI and mental health.
@@AmericanActionReport Another way to express 'uninformed and not self aware' could be 'poorly trained and poorly led'. Training is extremely important to AI, but there is no leadership component as of yet.
Acculturation, via operant conditioning, happens naturally as part of a child's development, starting from a state of innocence. Re-acculturation, as an adult, is essentially the same process only it involves first overriding, then invalidating the previous programming, an uncomfortable process; and so will be met with resistance initially. Once accomplished, however, the individual functions according to the new paradigm. Advocates of the previous mind set would look upon this with disdain and refer to it disparagingly; hence the term, brainwashing.
Does the extra emotional experience necessarily have to be one that invokes terror into the hearts of people or can it also be when witnessing an awe inspiring event?
If I understand your question correctly, I think that is what lies in the heart of brainwashing versus something else.
I think the term brainwashing is clearing someones own "persona" out of their minds, and filling it with the mind and thoughts of someone else.
If one is forcibly made to believe something which is "untrue", lets say a denial of an evident event or fact witnessed even by the brainwashed individual, by using violence or deprivation to destroy a persons psyche, then one could call that brainwashing.
Someone might get a strong feeling that they have for example found god, and the process can be completely nonviolent and even optional in nature. And I think it has a lot to do with language and the society in which one lives. Many feel gods, but the gods might differ a lot. Many feel inner peace and tranquility, happiness, but yet don't need the word god or the existence of god in their language or thoughts. Though some believe out of fear, even if there is no other basis for this fear than superstition or the want to control someones behavior. If a child is brought up in fear of god for example, or in guilt, this mindset can be incredibly hard to come out of. And it doesn't have to be god, it can be a fear of another person, or race or nationality of people. But you can hide from other people easier than you can from an all knowing omnipotent god of course.
Some say the biggest motivation behind all actions is personal pleasure. I'd put guilt and fear in the top 5 at least.
Claims such as "Communism is the best way of life", or, "Democracy is the only way a happy society can exist", one can be persuaded to believe such things, and it is somewhat an opinion based claim. But one can also be made susceptible to false beliefs and thus removing the need for intellectual or emotional persuasion given by other people and/or surroundings. I find the best way one can live if they wish to have knowledge, is be open to ideas and be open to the idea that anyone can be wrong. "Have an open mind, but not open enough for your brains to fall out."
These things are quite complex, it is evidently possible to brainwash people into violent acts and false beliefs, but it also involves persuasion. I don't know what torture it would take for someone to become a total tool, with no mind of their own, with no mind to agree or disagree. A person might, and in many cases does think he is doing something good, or noble, even when doing something painful to others. It's a complex mix of personal views and wants, versus all kinds of other factors. One can be persuaded by lies to kill someone, if they think this person has done something horrible, even when the fact might be that this person is innocent of any unethical action, but one must be go through some kind of process to not question this persuasion even when evidence is staring them squarely in the face. Being lied to and making rash decisions, is a lot different than brainwashing.
I believe what's said in the lecture is any deeply intense emotional experience combined with stressors at a high level. So, I envisioned the peaceful Women's Marches and thought, "Definitely a transformational moment, yup." There's a bond in moving through agony *or* ecstasy together. I hope it's more of the latter that moves us forward, in our ongoing to preserve decency and humanity. Namasté.