National education is a subject that aims to increase the national identity of students and citizens in Hong Kong. There are several steps to help fulfill this subject’s aims. As it is believed to have benefits to the students in studying as well as helping critical thinking. There are some‚ however‚ some people see the content of this subject is brain-washing which hinders students to learn the real history of China‚ so that this subject still remains as the non-core subject in the primary schools
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characteristics‚ which distinguishes it from either a Church or a denomination. Many groups which fit this definition now prefer the less contentious title of "new religious movements"‚ because over the last fifty years‚ sects have become linked with brainwashing‚ mass suicide‚ and even a murder. One of the examples is the suicide of 900 members of the People’s temple. Sects are not a new phenomenon and they have always attracted controversy. Throughout History‚ humanity has formed secret societies and
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Mind control or brainwashing‚ also called Coercive Persuasion‚ is the systematic effort to persuade non believers to accept a certain allegiance‚ command‚ or doctrine (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Mind control is used all throughout 1984 as a recurring theme to show how little power the people of Oceana actually have. Just like in the novel 1984‚ mind control is becoming increasingly apparent in the modern day world. In today’s society mind control is a bigger problem than many people may realize‚
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The novel Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a society where its people have no opinions or feelings. They are basically robots. To keep brainwashing people‚ the government issued firefighter’s whose job is to burn books. This is because the government does not want the people thinking for themselves and having opinions because they believe opinions make people depressed. The character Clarisse is the neighbor of Montag‚ a firefighter. She is an outgoing teenageer with a unique family and personality
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a fringe religion when it began like many of the religions around in today’s world. There have been terrible incidences with cults like Waco Texas‚ proven sexual misconduct between minors and the cult leader‚ mass suicides‚ and “mind control” (brainwashing) methods. Does this really prove that cults are evil‚ or that these are evil leaders that make bad decisions? The media only
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George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm states that society will never be about equality‚ but more about power. In this book‚ farm animals start out as equal under Old Major’s philosophies of equality and fairness‚ yet they soon separate into greater and lesser levels under Napoleon’s rule. The animals are just mindless followers and live under Napoleon’s rules without thinking of the consequences. They trust Napoleon‚ relying on him for all the brain work‚ so in turn they stopped thinking for themselves
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together and being identical‚ doesn’t give a sense of personal identity. Taking drugs and being brainwashed in your sleep does not point to the sign of being stable. The controllers of the World State use these three concepts to take control by brainwashing‚ teaching‚ and strictness. The values take away from the peoples’ individual freedoms‚ and makes everyone focus on what’s best for each other and the State. For example‚ as a “community”‚ they do leisure activities‚ such as special golf courses
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Many believe that Napoleon Bonaparte did great things for France and changed the way things were. He was actually a selfish‚ greedy‚ and power-hungry man who only did things to further him and make him seem like a great leader to the people of his country. All of his ideas had alterative motives to them and what you saw on the surface was never truly what it was. The quote “To my mind‚ the only immortality is the memory we leave behind in the minds of men. Everything else on earth is soon forgotten
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Susan Wolfe was able to express why some people are not fully responsible for their actions by way of discussing the situation of JoJo‚ as well as comparing her hypothesis to the views expressed by Frankfurt-Watson-Taylor. She explained JoJo as being the son of an evil dictator who was heavily idolized by JoJo in his youth. Consequently‚ JoJo was conditioned to have his father’s behavior‚ and he eventually felt no remorse in sending people to be tortured or executed over trivial things. JoJo allows
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The fear of communism brought rumors and suspicion of the brainwashing of American prisoners of war (Dunne‚ 2013‚ p.14). Suspicion eventually turned into reality when American soldiers would return home and tell stories of the horrifying brainwashing techniques used across the seas. To combat the claims‚ the director of the CIA at the time‚ Allen Dulles‚ approved Project MK-Ultra. The project intended
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