• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    The Chinese brainwashing book he was talking about:

    • Milieu Control. The group or its leaders controls information and communication both within the environment and, ultimately, within the individual, resulting in a significant degree of isolation from society at large.
    • Mystical Manipulation. The group manipulates experiences that appear spontaneous to demonstrate divine authority, spiritual advancement, or some exceptional talent or insight that sets the leader and/or group apart from humanity, and that allows a reinterpretation of historical events, scripture, and other experiences. Coincidences and happenstance oddities are interpreted as omens or prophecies.
    • Demand for Purity. The group constantly exhorts members to view the world as black and white, conform to the group ideology, and strive for perfection. The induction of guilt and/or shame is a powerful control device used here.
    • Confession. The group defines sins that members should confess either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group. There is no confidentiality; the leaders discuss and exploit members’ “sins,” “attitudes,” and “faults”.
    • Sacred Science. The group’s doctrine or ideology is considered to be the ultimate Truth, beyond all questioning or dispute. Truth is not to be found outside the group. The leader, as the spokesperson for God or all humanity, is likewise above criticism.
    • Loading the Language. The group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand. This jargon consists of thought-terminating clichés, which serve to alter members’ thought processes to conform to the group’s way of thinking.
    • Doctrine over person. Members’ personal experiences are subordinate to the sacred science; members must deny or reinterpret any contrary experiences to fit the group ideology.
    • Dispensing of existence. The group has the prerogative to decide who has the right to exist and who does not. This is usually not literal but means that those in the outside world are not saved, unenlightened, unconscious, and must be converted to the group’s ideology. If they do not join the group or are critical of the group, then they must be rejected by the members. Thus, the outside world loses all credibility. In conjunction, should any member leave the group, he or she must be rejected also.[3]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_Reform_and_the_Psychology_of_Totalism

    Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps

    • “Never allow escapes”
    • “Increase discipline and punishment of behavioural violations”
    • “Promote repentance and confession”
    • “Make remedial Mandarin studies the top priority”
    • “Encourage students to truly transform”
    • “[Ensure] full video surveillance coverage of dormitories and classrooms free of blind spots”

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063

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    Maybe try recognizing that most people actually have very real, legitimate grievances which have been completely swept under the rug by assholes all too eager to avoid responsibility by painting those asking the questions as brainwashed.

    Or continue condescending to the entire world so you never have to break the pretty illusions you’ve painted for yourself, and keep lamenting how the entire world is turning against you.

    All. The. Way.

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      entire world??? what world are you living in? US relationship with the world was pretty decent under biden and very good under obama.

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        The world is not nearly as schizophrenic as you seem to be suggesting. Most of people’s issues with America have been enduring for a long time, and that doesn’t change with the president.

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          Thats the case with every nation including ones own. Of course there have always been issues but its the number and magnitude that makes the difference.

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      16 hours ago

      They can have real grievances and still be completely brainwashed cult members.

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      18 hours ago

      The Republican Party/MAGA “movement” is a fascist death cult and you’re here trying to paint this as something else maybe vaguely somewhat related topically that isn’t even mutually exclusive.