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"During the early period of the Cold War, the CIA became convinced that communists had discovered a drug or technique that would allow them to control human min
by Yuval_Halevi 7y ago
"During the early period of the Cold War, the CIA became convinced that communists had discovered a drug or technique that would allow them to control human minds. "
When I read it I actually tried to imagine how it was to live back then and to act based on rumors.
It was a crazy time to be a secret agent that's for sure
- ableal 7y agoA good summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing
- maskull 7y agoI imagine there is still a lot of action based on rumors. Absolute truth is hard to come by.
- Synaesthesia 7y agoThe CIA is so ideologically brainwashed themselves that they end up doing things like this, they often can't see the simple truth right in front of them.
- caseysoftware 7y agoThe US just finished a multi-year investigation into rumors fueled by a dossier created with rumors. People don't change, just the people involved.
- bananocurrency 7y agothis is an interesting way of looking at things -- to compare the potential discovery of mind control to the investigation of a long time grifter. Your phrasing almost makes it seem as if there is just as much truth to each "rumour".