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Re: There's an historical context (none / 0)

What would you name as a successful brainwashing in Eastern Europe?

I don't know, I would have to gather impressions from people who were living under the respective regimes.

Anecdotal evidence includes personality cults and the absence of an opposition visible from outside. You could say that the very prominence of Solidarity indicates that Poland in the 80's was not brainwashed.

Economics is politics by other means

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 07:13:55 AM EST
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Re: There's an historical context (none / 1)

How is this different to the West's Market Cult and "there is no alternative" consensus?

Just because we swap our bobble heads every few years, and we don't have giant metal signage with inspiring slogans attached to public buildings, doesn't mean the political dynamics aren't similar.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 08:27:50 AM EST
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