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ubiquity - the world’s most popular leisure‚ pastime - television. Some people regard TV as the greatest invention of the humanity and can hardly imagine their lives without it‚ others‚ on contrary‚ are strongly convinced that it is used only for brainwashing and is a real curse for society. So what is television? A blessing or a problem? One point in favour of television is that it is a great source of education. We can get acquainted with different cultures and ways of life and get the out of the
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Has Orwell’s dehumanizing vision of a brainwashing‚ privacy infringing government monitored by tele-screens and thought police‚ evolve into today’s society? Perhaps not using the same equipment that George Orwell predicted but studies have precisely shown how the enhancement of technology is used to diminish the privacy of everyone. In 1948 George Orwell created the masterpiece “1984”‚ confidently predicting how the world would be in the next thirty-six years. Orwell’s first prediction was an image
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Religion has negatively been associated with brainwashing‚ most prevalent in the Islamic world. In this article‚ it talks about how people get strongly influenced to the point they are willing to join the terrorist group‚ ISIS. Most of these people that follow in such appalling acts are greatly deceived
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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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