Should the citizens of the world be worried about “thought control” weapons and devices? Well, consider if you will the Arab Spring and those outrageous events, and then think about how easy such weapons could destabilize a country, culture, society, or civilization. Oh, I see now I have your undivided attention, good, because I’d like to discuss this for a moment if you have a few minutes.
First, many nations have experimented with thought control, and many have studied the use of cult techniques used by religious groups and leaders as well. This is nothing new, the manipulation of the human mind and societies, and communities has been going on well before the printing press and mass media, and well before the Internet, social networks, and mobile computing. With all this practice, and the use of the latest high-tech devices, well, the powers that be, both good and perhaps nearing the definition of evil, have somewhat perfected these things.
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