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To: zeugma
But is it possible to deprogram a huge mass of brainwashed people? I can't think of any successful large-scale deprogramming effort that has ever worked (except where the loss of a war brought such about).

Prof Mattias Desmet who writes and studies what he calls "mass formations" has said that they can be naturally deprogrammed by being in a society of non-brainwashed people, but he is only theorizing (i.e., no evidence).

I've seen hardcore Lefties who were thoroughly brainwashed in liberal colleges retain their hardcore Left beliefs even when they worked around solid free-marketeers on Wall St. Now that I look back on it, I find it shocking.

20 posted on 11/30/2022 12:33:53 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Prof Mattias Desmet who writes and studies what he calls "mass formations" has said that they can be naturally deprogrammed by being in a society of non-brainwashed people, but he is only theorizing (i.e., no evidence).

The Psychology of Totalitarianism Mathias Desmet

22 posted on 11/30/2022 1:44:53 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("There is no good government at all & none possible."--Mark Twain)
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