People throw around the world ‘brainwashing’ a lot but I still don’t know what it means. Is it a ‘repeated truth’? Is it certain mind tricks? Is it some kind of chemical thing?
Disclaimer: not looking to brainwash anyone but there’s a cult in my area that apparently ‘brainwashes’ people
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So to understand brainwashing, lets take a look at a child. Children are easily influenced by what they hear. If you tell a child to look both ways before crossing the road, they will most likely follow.
This extends out to adults. Some adults join cults as the cult has made a very persuasive argument, or influenced them in some way. Some people join because they’re lonely and looking for a community, and some because they’re well, not too bright.
Brainwashing isn’t akin to how it’s portrayed in movies. It’s just using psychology on someone to figure out what they want and using that to manipulate them.
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