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Is there such a thing as “brainwashing”?
It all started with that uneradicable question: why did anyone vote for Trump? For years I’ve been trying to uncover the answer by digging around in people’s brains. No, I’m kidding. I have been digging around, though, in a wide … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, MAGA, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged amygdalas, brainwashing, Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, Trump
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“I did the research”: A must-read column about QAnon and its believers
Eagerly, I clicked on Charlie Warzel’s New York Times column today, “Is QAnon the Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theory of the 21st Century? ‘It’s a collaborative fiction built on wild speculation that hardens into reality.’” Immediately I was drawn in, because … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, How I Learned The Facts of Life, Komprosplat, political campaigns, The Facts of Life
Tagged Adrian Hon, alternative reality games, brainwashing, I did the research, paranoia, psychopathology, QAnon, Six to Start, video games
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Paths Crossed: The Chicks are in “How I Learned The Facts of Life”
The terrific group now known as the Chicks are in Chapter 7, under the sub-title “Brainwashing and the Dixie Chicks.” Oh, the Chicks weren’t brainwashed. Country music, in “canceling” them, acted as if the entire business and all their fans … Continue reading
Posted in How I Learned The Facts of Life, Paths Crossed, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged brainwashing, The Chicks, The Dixie Chicks
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