John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© April 14, 2021
Brainwashing is a cultural device of all things Communist.
Nations overcome by Communism have utilized brainwashing as an instrument of
control ever since the first Communist state emerged in 1917 (THAT WOULD BE
THE COMMUNIST STATE PRESIDENT REAGAN TERMINATED WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT!).
I ran into a post (complete with citations) at In Defense of Our Nation
that divulges how tyrants utilize brainwashing through the vehicle of
propaganda.
MY FELLOW PATRIOT AMERICANS, our nation and culture is under
the current assault of brainwashing propaganda. If YOU do not learn to
recognize the brainwash-propaganda, YOU will succumb to an infection far worse
than the propagandized effects of the CCP Virus (aka COVID-19, Coronavirus,
China Virus, etc.). This infection destroys Truth, Liberty, Religious
Freedom and the individual will to think for yourself. Submission to the will
of the State destroys these virtues once the cornerstone of the American
Republic.
David Risselada shares
how to recognize the brainwash techniques used to control YOU. BUT let’s be
clear. This is a Communist virus aimed at OUR minds and the perpetrators are
Dem-Marxists that fraudulently brought Beijing Joe and Commie Kamala as at
least the figureheads of America’s current politburo oligarchy.
So, to understand the Communism’s present in America, you
would do well to understand Communism’s past on the word stage. Dennis Prager
gives a 5:41-minute primer on the political evil (amazingly not censored yet on
Youtube). THIS SHOULD ALLOW YOU TO COMPREHEND America’s future if the Dem-Marxist
transformation of America is allowed to come to completion:
VIDEO: Is Communism Moral?
Posted by PragerU
2.89M subscribers - Premiered
Apr 12, 2021
Capitalism has produced freedom and
crushed poverty. Communism has produced poverty and crushed freedom. So why is
there still a debate as to which system is more moral? Dennis Prager explains.
And now … AN EDUCATION ON AWARENESS BRAINWASH-PROPAGANDA.
[Side note: Risselada utilizes information from famed
Behavior Psychologist B.F. Skinner. In the process of source confirming I ran
into the concept of Political Behavioralism which in my opinion could be
incorporated into Risselada’s theme of brainwash propaganda:
o Behavioralism;
By Inanna Hamati-Ataya; International Studies
(International Studies Association & Oxford University Press); Published in print: 1/24/12 - Published
online: 1/11/18 - This version: 3/26/19
o BEHAVIOURALISM AS AN
APPROACH TO CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ANALYSIS: AN APPRAISAL; By WOGU,
IKEDINACHI AYODELE POWER; International
Journal of Education and Research; Vol. 1 No. 12 December 2013
[pdf]
o BEHAVIORAL
AND POST BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TO POLITICAL SCIENCE; By Sunita Agarwal
and Prof. S K Singh; ASIO Journal of Humanities,
Management & Social Sciences Invention; Volume 1, Issue 1, 2015:
18-22 [pdf]
o APPROACHES
TO UNDERSTANDING POLITICS: BEHAVIOURALISM; By Lathateacher; LATHATEACHER;
1/14/21
o Behavioralism; Wikipedia; Last
edited 3/21/21 17:59 (UTC)]
JRH 4/14/21 (H/T The
Sons of Liberty Media)
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To resist tyranny, you must recognize the propaganda
April 12, 2021
President Biden recently announced his executive actions on
gun control. While they may not appear to have any substantial effects to the
casual observer, the stage is being set to turn law-abiding gun owners into
criminals. Many of the actions taken by Biden, and the previous administration
no less, violate the constitution’s ex post facto provisions. It is against the
law to criminalize something which has been legal. The government cannot, for
example, make owning an AR pistol brace, or a bump-stock, a criminal offense
when they have been available to the public for years. Furthermore,
unconstitutional agencies like the ATF have no legislating power to enact such
laws. Any rule change they attempt to enforce is null and void unless congress
passes a law. Taking it one step further, all laws which are not in sync with
the constitution themselves, are meaningless and unenforceable. In typical
fashion, people are responding to these executive orders, and any threats of
gun confiscation, with vows of non-compliance. Will America be able to resist
the coming push to eliminate the second amendment, or will they fall in line
and comply? The past year has been a good indicator of America’s inability to
resist tyrannical dictates.
The coronavirus psyop has shown the global elite that a
well-crafted fear message, coupled with a massive media campaign, can influence
and control behavior. Covid-19 was presented as a life-ending global pandemic
which virtually no one questioned. Almost immediately, people across the country
willingly complied with unconstitutional mandates to close their businesses and
lock themselves in their homes. Shortly thereafter, local governments and major
chain retailers began enacting mask requirements. The big lie meant to persuade
people into compliance was asymptomatic carriers being the biggest spreaders of
the mysterious new coronavirus; therefore, masking up meant you were saving
lives. Throughout the course of the past year, Covid-19 data has proven to be
controversial, at best. Numbers were constantly readjusted, hospitals were
closing due to a lack of patients while we were told they were overflowing, the
CDC admitted that all deaths were being labeled as Covid-19, and the PCR tests
proved to be producing false positives. In Tulsa Oklahoma, (this writer’s
hometown) The Health Department officially announced they would be adding
“probable positives” to the case count which would inflate the number of cases,
proving the whole thing is a lie. Despite the abundance of contradictory
information and the lack of evidence proving forced mask mandates slow the
spread of a virus, Americans continued to comply with the absurd. They simply
did not take the time to investigate anything for themselves. If people refuse
to research anything in the interest of their rights to not cover their face,
how will they resist gun confiscation when the right crisis presents itself?
Americans have not yet realized they are subjects of an
ongoing experiment in gaining compliance and are considered nothing more than stimulus-response
animals. They fed us the stimulus of Covid-19, for example, watched how we
responded and took notes. The human response to fear and crisis is
well documented, and it has been proven the mind can be subjected to
enslavement and submission through the creation of chaos and uncertainty (Meerloo,
1961, p. 19). Keeping people in a state of fear and hopelessness is
essential in developing the conditions necessary for people to abandon their
own sense of reason, and demonstrate a willingness to comply with
tyranny (Meerloo,
1961, p. 30). This is a concept that can also be seen in Saul
Alinsky’s Rules
for Radicals, where he says people will chance the unknown if
faced with an uncertain, hopeless future. The susceptibility of the mind is a
trait of human behavior which according to Meerloo, (1961,
p. 8) has been understood since the 1930s. Through torture,
belittlement, confusion, and isolation the spirit of resistance in most men can
be broken and their behaviors, reduced to animal-like traits (Meerloo,
1961, p. 11).
America’s founders, in the declaration of Independence,
recognized a fundamental truth of human nature that has proven itself to this
day. People are willing to endure oppression as long as it is sufferable.
Meerloo (1961,
p. 18) suggests this is because men fill their minds with
delusional thoughts of their tormentors letting up. As if no one can believe
people would be so ruthless. When it comes to the coronavirus, it is hard to
believe, for example, people could have the will to force society to mask
themselves and dictate people close their businesses. It is just as hard to
believe, when it comes to gun control, anyone could suggest passing laws that
would empower criminals and punish only the law-abiding. The techniques of
oppression were not as refined in the founder’s day as they are now.
Through Pavlovian and Skinnerian conditioning methods, control of the
mind, as well as behavior, has become much more subtle. Coronavirus mandates,
for example, were not forced on anyone. There were no laws passed making it a criminal
offense for refusing to comply. People voluntarily agreed to follow
unconstitutional dictates and eventually, it became the perceived norm.
Meerloo (1961,
p. 36) states people find emotional relief when participating
in some common action that is perceived as the greater good. Very few people
were willing to step outside of the box and defend their liberty when it came
to masking mandates, because the common perception was wearing masks saved
lives. Asymptomatic carriers were spreading the disease, and according to the
government, any one of us could have the virus and be completely unaware we are
spreading it. This, as mentioned earlier, was the big lie. The fear of standing
out and going against the grain became the control mechanism. B.F.
Skinner (1971,
p. 92) states the fear of disapproval can, in some instances,
be a more effective form of control than a police state. When people put great
effort into a certain action, it becomes a control mechanism. People were led
to believe wearing masks was the virtuous thing to do. This created a
dissonance of sorts and people solved this by justifying the action of wearing
masks as a higher virtue. A willingness to surrender their own freedom for the
benefit of others. This is referred to as effort justification (Maich, 2013).
People, when feeling conflicted over certain issues, naturally seek to ways to
alleviate it (Maich, 2013). The term effort justification describes the action
of justifying the choice made, even though it may not align with the
individual’s beliefs (Maich,
2013 [Blog Editor: Risselada’s link is bad. I found this: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/wupj/article/view/1659/1038]).
People initially knew wearing masks was not the right thing to do. It became a
justified action because people didn’t know what else to do and wearing a mask
when you know how ridiculous it is, requires great effort.
There are certain truths pertaining to human behavior that seem
to repeat themselves. Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler write in their book,
Nudge (2008,
p. 37 - [Blog Editor: This is a bad link. Here’s another
version: https://booksvooks.com/nonscrolablepdf/nudge-improving-decisions-about-health-wealth-and-happiness-pdf.html]),
people wouldn’t know what to do with themselves when coming across information
that contradicts their previously held beliefs. They claim that people simply
do not think deeply enough about complex situations or every choice they must
make and because of this, their behavior and choices are easily persuadable.
They even allude to something that Skinner discussed. People have a tendency,
according to Sunstein and Thaler (p. 58), to allow themselves to fall into
established, predictable patterns for the sake of adhering to normality. This
is referred to as collective conservatism and it is something we see every day,
driven by the need to be a part of the group or perceived norm.
Another subtle, yet deceptive form of mental entrapment is
something which is known about the human response to fear. In the textbook, The
Dynamics of Persuasion: Communication and Attitudes in the 21st Century,
the technique of fear-then-relief is discussed (p. 464). It
is described as the persuader deliberately placing the targeted individual(s)
into a state of fear and then abruptly removing that fear. Research has
continuously shown that people are more compliant when in a state of relief.
According to Meerloo (p.31),
conditioned responses to fed stimuli may be accelerated when associated with
this state of relief. In other words, people who are experiencing a great deal
of stress or anxiety are much more likely to go along with tyranny if it
relieves them of this comfort. Meerloo (p.18) alludes
to the idea of Chinese peasants accepting communist doctrine because their life
became so much easier opposed to resisting it. There was a sense of relief
associated with no longer fighting the system because fear of being targeted by
the communists had been alleviated. This concept of fear-then-relief fits well
with the others mentioned above. It is a fundamental truth of what is known
about human behavior. People are afraid to stand out and feel a sense of relief
when they can just fit and go along with the crowd (Meerloo,
1961, p. 36).
Answering the question pertaining to compliance with gun
confiscation, and America’s ability to resist rests in understanding the
propaganda they will throw at us to achieve their goal. Gun owners have been
demonized as militarized radicals and white supremacists. They are blamed every
time there is a mass shooting and portrayed as selfish, uncompassionate people
unwilling to surrender their so-called rights for the greater good. If absolute
chaos broke out tomorrow, and the general perception was created showing
everyday gun owners surrendering their guns in the name of public safety, would
the individual be able to resist? If a never-ending stream of propaganda ran on
the news depicting AR-15 owners as terrorists, and swat teams conducting raids
against those who failed to comply, would the individual be able to resist?
People, according to Meerloo (p.
36) can build up a defense to mind control if they understand
the nature of the propaganda being used against them. Free men must not only
understand the nature of this propaganda but what it is about our own minds
that makes us so susceptible to the acceptance of a tyrant’s dictates.
“If we are to survive as free men, we must face up to the
problem of politically inspired mental coercion, with all its
ramifications.” (Meerloo,
1961, p. 7)
Alinsky, S. (1972) Rules for Radicals. New York.
Vintage Books. Rules
for radicals Saul Alinsky 1971 (mynacc.org)
Skinner, B. F. Beyond Freedom and Dignity.
(1971) Pelican Books, Middlesex England. BF-Skinner-Beyond-Freedom-&-Dignity-1971.pdf
(selfdefinition.org)
Maich, G., H., K. (2013) Reducing Cognitive Dissonance
Through Effort Justification: Evidence from Past Studies and Daily
Experience. Western Undergraduate Psychology Journal, 1. P. 1-6
1659-Article Text-3066-1-10-20180412 (4).pdf [Blog Editor: I did some
digging to find the pdf. I pray it’s what Risselada had in mind: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/wupj/article/view/1659/1038]
Meerloo, J. Rape of the Mind. (1961)
Martino Fine Books. Rape
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and Attitudes in the 21st Century. (2017) Routledge,
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Sunstein, R., C. & Thaler, H., R. Nudge: Improving
Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness. (2008) Caravan Books, Yale
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Intro to Brainwash-Propaganda & Communism
John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© April 14, 2021
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To resist tyranny, you must recognize the propaganda
© 2021 In
Defense of Our Nation
ABOUT
In Defense of Our Nation
David Risselada earned master degree in professional
writing from Liberty University in October of 2020. He also has a bachelor
degree in Social Work from Northeastern State University in Broken Arrow
Oklahoma. David has a unique insight into leftist thinking and the
sociopolitical issues facing the nation because he was exposed to the social
justice agenda while pursuing his education in Social Work. After being told he
wasn’t fit for the field because of opposition to concepts like white
privilege, he took to writing and researching to not only share his experience,
but expose it as well.
