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> The politicians believed they were creating a new and better form of democracy That's extraordinary nonsense. > and the CIA used their ideas to develop tech
by lonelappde 7y ago
> The politicians believed they were creating a new and better form of democracy
That's extraordinary nonsense.
> and the CIA used their ideas to develop techniques to manage and control the minds of the American people. But this was not a cynical exercise in manipulation
The CIA intentionally tortured Ted Kaczynski (inspiring him to become the Unabomber) when he was 17 years old, as an experiment in mind control. They were not trying to help anyone.
- StuffedParrot 7y ago> That's extraordinary nonsense. What are you basing this on?
- exolymph 7y agoCommon sense? Does it seem likely that politicians concluded being able to manipulate people better = improvement to democracy? Hmm, actually, you may have a point.
- jariel 7y agoWearing seatbelts? Drinking less alcohol? Eating well? Not beating your wife? Voting? Finishing school? Recycling? Most of the ways our government wanted us to change in the last century were fairly positive and actually barely controversial. It's the controversial one's we talk about.
- StuffedParrot 7y agoI am not entirely convinced myself (I doubt there was a conspiracy so much as shared incentives) but the documentary is quite compelling, I recommend it.