Are politicians trying to brainwash you? – Alex Andreou and Daniel Pick on the new era of thought control

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Brainwashing has been utilised as a political tool for centuries. How exactly is it weaponised today? Daniel Pick, author of Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control, discusses the history and contemporary manifestations of thought control with Alex Andreou, in The Bunker. • “Brainwashing seeks both to decimate and damage the mind – and to infiltrate ideas and to organise ideologies in a systematic way.” – Daniel Pick • “Behavioural units exist within governments, including Downing Street, to advise on the best way to nudge people in a benign way. Such units were utilised, for example, during the Covid pandemic.” – Daniel Pick www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.0	Ever since the cognitive revolution,
1:17.0	sapiens have been living in a dual reality,
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1:25.8	the imagined reality of gods, nations, and corporations.
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1:50.0	any to today's topic, brainwashing.
1:53.2	My guest today is a psychoanalyst and historian,
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