> the effort to brainwash is coming back into vogue with a political elite that hates democracy What do you mean by this? The media, education, psychoanalysis

> the effort to brainwash is coming back into vogue with a political elite that hates democracy What do you mean by this? The media, education, psychoanalysis, etc have always been used in democratic societies for propaganda and manipulation. Chomsky writes about this, among others. Bernays also. > hates democracy I no fan of democracy either, but such manipulation and deception is simply evil and tyrannical.