Give that cerebrum a good scrubbing. There are two conditions under which we can get a handle on the phenomenon of brainwashing: What conditions produce the effect we might call brainwashing, and the what kind of behaviors or conditions would prompt us to label something as brainwashing. We also explore the idea that this effect isn't even really real. Of course, brainwashing has some not-so-subtle ties to racism and some nefarious activities of the US government in the past.

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• Abraham: Loki (season 2: https://ondisneyplus.disney.com/show/loki-season-2)
• Shane: Polynesian Fire Luau (https://www.polynesianfire.com/)

Links:

1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brainwashing
2. http://www7.bbk.ac.uk/hiddenpersuaders/blog/hunter-origins-of-brainwashing/#:~:text=Historians%20generally%20agree%20that%20the,American%20journalist%20and%20propaganda%20expert.
3. https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments
4. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/06760269
5. https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/brainwashing-criminal-law-defence#:~:text=Brainwashing%20is%20used%20to%20describe,enforcement%20of%20routine%2C%20and%20hypnosis.
6. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/probing-question-does-brainwashing-exist/
7. https://www.pdcnet.org/thought/content/thought_1986_0061_0002_0241_0257
8. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-05599-7_11
9. https://web.s.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=14639955&AN=163784402&h=DsT8Uz3APg6x484q7SKDmqSxEmB0htsKqFY7juEPzf9z8LvmH%2bch5APT49b03AfdAFz2SMmDYllqL6W6O7JhIw%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d14639955%26AN%3d163784402
10. https://e-journal.metrouniv.ac.id/index.php/akademika/article/view/1990
11. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-brainwashing-and-how-it-shaped-america-180963400/

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