Catherine, mind control technigues are ancient. Fear by far was the most effective method of control. Like, have you ever seen a dad holdup his back-of-hand to a child as a threat. Sure, and, its effective.

I agree nickname-c.

The religionists doe it all the time. Either do what I say or go to hell, or get kicked out of church, or get ostracized, etc. Not belonging to group is an insidious fear of which people take advantage.

Yes, most churches demand baptism at birth, which leaves the child no choice wether he wants to belong to a club or not... in my view religion isn't something that should be decided for the child.

Even 100 years ago, there were ads to professionals like doctors, lawyers, politicians, etc. on how to hypnotize people. You might think that this outdated preoccupation. The desire to hypnotize people is as great today as several hundred years ago. Well, it depends on how you use it. One doctor would talk to his wife while she was asleep. Another guy used the same technigue to help his child overcome a physical defect.

TV has made it easy for people to be hypnotised et mass in our day and age. This doesn’t mean TV isn’t or cannot be used for positive purposes.

As you are probably aware, advertisers basically use repetition. They just repeat the product name several times in an ad, til the person remembers it on a subconsious level... unless you are aware of the technique.

They want to sell their products, so it is well packaged, often using sex or pretty pictures to stimulate.

Personally, I think its an interesting subject. But, there are politicians and advertisers who "profile" people using this knowledge. Its basically come down to buzzwords repeated over and over again. They already know how certain folks "profiles" will react to those words. Politicians use to make long speeches, serious speeches. No longer. Now, its just series of buzzwords and claps.

Well, it seems that we are sold an image rather then a substance...