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Psychologist Margaret Singer describes | Psychologist Margaret Singer describes the conditions which would create an atmosphere in which thought reform through remote [[Mind Control]] tactics are made possible, in that these conditions involve no need for direct physical coercion or violence. See [[Warning Signs of a Cult]]. | ||
* Keep the victim unaware of what is going on and how he is being changed a step at a time. | * Keep the victim unaware of what is going on and how he is being changed a step at a time. | ||
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*The group has a top-down, pyramid structure. The dominating ego leaders must have verbal ways of never losing. Victims are not allowed to question, criticize or complain -- if they do, the leaders allege that the victim is defective -- not the organization or the beliefs. | *The group has a top-down, pyramid structure. The dominating ego leaders must have verbal ways of never losing. Victims are not allowed to question, criticize or complain -- if they do, the leaders allege that the victim is defective -- not the organization or the beliefs. | ||
*The individual is always wrong -- the system, its leaders and its belief are always right. | *The individual is always wrong -- the system, its leaders and its belief are always right. | ||
*Remolding of the individual victim happens in a closed system. As victims learn to modify their behavior in order to be accepted in this closed system, | *Remolding of the individual victim happens in a closed system. As victims learn to modify their behavior in order to be accepted in this closed system, they change -- begin to speak the language -- which serves to further isolate them from their prior beliefs and behaviors. | ||
they change -- begin to speak the language -- which serves to further isolate them from their prior beliefs and behaviors. | |||
==Social psychology tactics== | ==Social psychology tactics== | ||
A contemporary view of mind control sees it as an intensified and persistent use of well researched social psychology principles like compliance, conformity, persuasion, dissonance, reactance, framing or emotional manipulation. | A contemporary view of mind control sees it as an intensified and persistent use of well researched social psychology principles like compliance, conformity, persuasion, dissonance, reactance, framing or emotional manipulation. | ||
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In Influence, Science and Practice, social psychologist Robert Cialdini argues that mind control is possible through the covert exploitation of the unconscious rules that underlie and facilitate healthy human social interactions. He states that common social rules can be used to prey upon the unwary, and he titles them as follows: | In Influence, Science and Practice, social psychologist Robert Cialdini argues that mind control is possible through the covert exploitation of the unconscious rules that underlie and facilitate healthy human social interactions. He states that common social rules can be used to prey upon the unwary, and he titles them as follows: | ||
* Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take...and Take | |||
* Commitment and Consistency: Hobgoblins of the Mind | |||
* Social Proof: Truths Are Us | |||
* Liking: The Friendly Thief | |||
* Authority: Directed Deference | |||
* Scarcity: The Rule of the Few | |||
Using these six broad categories, he offers specific examples of both mild and extreme mind control (both one on one and in groups), notes the conditions under which each social rule is most easily exploited for false ends, and offers suggestions on how to resist such methods. | Using these six broad categories, he offers specific examples of both mild and extreme mind control (both one on one and in groups), notes the conditions under which each social rule is most easily exploited for false ends, and offers suggestions on how to resist such methods. | ||
Reference: Wikipedia.org | Reference: Wikipedia.org | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Basic Principles of Psychological Warfare]] | |||
[[Mind Control]] | |||
[[Social Engineering]] | |||
[[Category: Ascension]][[Category: Newsletter]] | [[Category: Ascension]][[Category: Newsletter]] | ||