Love the concept of viralizing our own jargon. Every time I talk to a parent or relative I seem to hear some newly-entrained piece of nonsense that they've never used before in their lives, like "denier" or "misinformation" or "horse dewormer". And they use the terms reflexively, without so much as a synapse firing. To me, this has been horrifying, direct evidence of mass hypnosis.
Love the concept of viralizing our own jargon. Every time I talk to a parent or relative I seem to hear some newly-entrained piece of nonsense that they've never used before in their lives, like "denier" or "misinformation" or "horse dewormer". And they use the terms reflexively, without so much as a synapse firing. To me, this has been horrifying, direct evidence of mass hypnosis.
I highly recommend Joost MeerlooтАЩs тАЬRape of the MindтАЭ if you havenтАЩt yet read it. This is a common practice of menticide. I quote it pretty extensively in this piece:
Love the concept of viralizing our own jargon. Every time I talk to a parent or relative I seem to hear some newly-entrained piece of nonsense that they've never used before in their lives, like "denier" or "misinformation" or "horse dewormer". And they use the terms reflexively, without so much as a synapse firing. To me, this has been horrifying, direct evidence of mass hypnosis.
I highly recommend Joost MeerlooтАЩs тАЬRape of the MindтАЭ if you havenтАЩt yet read it. This is a common practice of menticide. I quote it pretty extensively in this piece:
тАв тАЬLetter to the Menticided: A 12-Step Recovery ProgramтАЭ (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-the-menticided-a-12-step)
Excellent book! Always recommended by Michael Yon as well!