The Asian Mind/The Western Mind

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Originally Posted by awareness

Lifton in his book "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China," he speaks to this:

"Lifton also interviewed 15 Chinese who had fled their homeland after having been subjected to indoctrination in Chinese universities. From these interviews, which in some cases occurred regularly for over a year, Lifton identified the tactics used by Chinese communists to cause drastic shifts in one's opinions and personality and "brainwash" American soldiers into making demonstrably false assertions."

Think of the young Lily Hsu: she had Mao's Red Army on the one side, and Nee's Little Flock on the other; both claiming absolute mastery of not only her body but her heart, mind and soul as well.