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The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead to…

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If men can be made to understand that society, with its rigid codes and stratifications, is in its confused infancy rather than…
Pavlov's findings were that some animals learned more quickly if rewarded (by affection, by food, by stroking) each time they showed the…
The flight from study and awareness is much too common in a world that throws too many confusing pictures to the individual.…
The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It…
Ready made opinions can be distributed day by day through the press, radio, and so on, again and again, till they reach…
Between two beings there is always the barrier of words. Man has so many ears and speaks so many languages. Should it…
The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason.
He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master…
Demoralization of the target audience is yet another step in successful mind control.
Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques.
. . . well publicized facts are always the bane to the mind controllers.
Confusing a targeted audience is one of the necessary ingredients for effective mind control.

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