Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques.
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The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason.Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
The flight from study and awareness is much too common in a world that throws too many confusing pictures to the individual. For the sake of our democracy, based on freedom and individualism, we have to bring ourselves back to study again and again. Otherwise, we can become easy victims of a well-planned verbal attack on our minds and our consciences.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
Ready made opinions can be distributed day by day through the press, radio, and so on, again and again, till they reach the nerve cell and implant a fixed pattern in the brain. Consequently, guided public opinion is the result, according to Pavlovian theoreticians, of good propaganda technique, and the polls are a verification of the temporary successful action of the Pavlovian machinations on the mind.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
... well publicized facts are always the bane to the mind controllers.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
Confusing a targeted audience is one of the necessary ingredients for effective mind control.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master of the mind. Repeat mechanically your assumptions and suggestions, diminish the opportunity for communicating dissent and opposition. This is the formula for political conditioning of the masses.
Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, MD
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