The (un)funny thing about CBT is that it is almost indistinguishable from the totalism and thought reform techniques deployed by the Communists in China, as des

The (un)funny thing about CBT is that it is almost indistinguishable from the totalism and thought reform techniques deployed by the Communists in China, as described by Robert Jay Lifton in his work -- Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China [0]. A read through Wilhelm Reich's earlier work [1] and a look at his fundamental dispute with Freud (i.e. - is depression and anxiety a problem in the individual, or in society, and if it's a problem with society then why adjust the individual instead?) will expose the status quo in psychology as simply a way to maintain exactly that. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_Reform_and_the_Psychology_of_Totalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_Reform_and_the_Psychol... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_Analysis