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Thankyou for the excellent article exposing/lambasting the motives of Psychology. Aarre Peltomaa On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Pete McLaughlin < pete_mclaughlin_93...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ************* > The following message is relayed to you by trom@lists.newciv.org > ************ > > Here is an interesting article. It raises the question What do TROMers do > after they complete level 5. Do you picture hiding in a cave in the > wilderness or see yourself exploring new territories, discovering new > science, starting new businesses? Nirvana's nice but what could you do if > you chose to play a really big game? > > Keep On TROMing > Pete > UNDERMINING THE WEST THROUGH > PSYCHOLOGY<http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/undermining-the-west-through-psychology/> > > > > UNDERMINING THE EDUCATED CLASSES WITH PSYCHOLOGY > > > > by Jon Rappoport > > author of THE MATRIX REVEALED > > April 19, 2012 > > > > “…the methods that are used by law enforcement to gain confessions are > based upon extremely powerful psychological techniques that have been known > to social scientists for decades. These same methods have been used by > marketers and conmen alike for centuries to convince regular people to do > their will. That fact that these same techniques can be applied by law > enforcement to get people, who often times should clearly have known > better, to give statements that result in lengthy imprisonment, or even > execution, is a testament to the power of such techniques!” — Eric Mings, > PhD ofinterrogationpsychology.com<http://www.interrogationpsychology.com/> > . > > > > For many new readers who are coming to my work for the first time, part of > my approach is to analyze systems that operate *as* mind control. > > > > These systems *aren’t called* mind control. They work by shrinking down > the vision of what a human being can be. They reduce, limit, > restrict—sometimes in the name of “good science.” > > > > Such systems are often thought of as “realistic.” They appeal to the > educated classes because they are taught in colleges, and because they can > be studied extensively. > > > > During one of my interviews with retired propaganda master Ellis Medavoy > (pseudonym), he stopped and said, “Look, you really want to understand what > psychology is all about? It has two main uses now. Profiling a potential > enemy, and concocting successful advertising. In both cases, it looks for > the lowest common denominator. Is that what you want therapy in an office > to deliver to a patient? A lowest common denominator?” > > > > With the onset of Freudian psychoanalysis, intellectuals in the West began > to perceive a new way of looking at the human being: as a bundle of > INTERIOR problems, which needed to be resolved through a deep understanding > of primary traumas sustained in childhood. > > > > These problems were touted as UNAVOIDABLE. There was no way to work around > them, except through therapy. > > > > This sort of propaganda was undertaken by newly minted “mental-health > professionals,” who were busy creating journals and conferences and faculty > positions, in order to cement their status in society. > > > > Essentially, their sales pitch was: we’re indispensable; we are the only > people who can restore true sanity. > > > > As psychology spread its wings, the restoration of sanity, which from the > beginning was a fatally flawed jumble of nonsense, took on a different hue. > It morphed into: making people normal. > > > > This was an easier goal to comprehend, and it fed into the fears of those > who wanted to be accepted in a world that was becoming increasingly > conventional and conformist. > > > > Of course, normalcy could never be adequately defined, but people had a > sense of what it meant. That was good enough. Getting along with others was > part of it. Feeling comfortable in a group was part of it. Sharing similar > ideas and feelings was part of it. Being a member of a team was part of it. > Learning to live with limitations was part of it. > > > > All these factors helped extend the growing political concept of > Collectivism, a system in which the so-called needs of the many are placed > light-years ahead of the needs of the individual. > > > > Psychological therapy was now viewed as a process through which a patient > could learn to adapt and adjust—and moreover, such adjustment was deemed > “recovery from neurosis.” > > > > In other words, it wasn’t just superficial socialization. It was the > attainment of inner equilibrium, a victory in which “what a human really > is” was achieved. > > > > This was the new propaganda. > > > > Well, what else would you expect? Psychologists couldn’t simply say, > “We’re training you to fit in.” They had to dress it up. > > > > The bottom line here—and it is a very significant one—is that *great > individual achievement* was taken off the stage. > > > > It was replaced by an average life. Furthermore, psychologists made it > their business to point out that great heroes often suffer from mental > disorders. > > > > The overall effect on civilization, as psychology was integrated into the > language and the every-day consciousness of citizens, was enormous. > > > > GREAT INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT was downplayed. It was no longer a widely > accepted goal. Its day had passed. > > > > “Do you want to ‘distort your psychology’ in order to attain some sort of > illusory greatness, or do you want to be happy?” > > > > Many, many people, in all times and places, are on the lookout for ways to > accept stripped-down lowered expectations; psychology provided that in > spades. Normalcy was now a “theory of the mind.” > > > ------------------------------ > > And here is where the placebo effect enters in. Humans, when pressed, when > they feel their present situation is intolerable, will look to any hope for > relief. If it is offered by a psychologist, a patient will INVENT A ROLE > FOR HIMSELF in which he truly does want to be “normal” above all else. In > this role, he will find, in therapy, exactly what he needs to confirm that, > yes, he has these interior problems that can be worked out and resolved > through the language and the concepts of psychological therapy. > > > > The good patient. > > > > The good patient reconstructs his past to fit the basic notions of therapy. > > > > And it works, like any placebo does—for a little while. Then the construct > fractures; and the outcome splits open like a badly designed coat. > > > > Psychology, as it turns out, is merely a sub-category of theater, played > out on the basis of *not knowing* it is theater. > > > > The sacrifice is: great individual achievement. > > > > And the rest is history, which we are living through now. > > > > *The answer is to restore what has been sacrificed.* > > > ------------------------------ > > And when you start down that road, you inevitably meet up with your own > imagination, and you can’t deny it. If you’re honest, you realize you’re a > great deal more than you thought you were. Therefore, you can’t fall back > on foolish little prescriptions. You can’t play the same old games. You > can’t use a system to make yourself blind. > > > > My description of the basis of modern psychology should make it obvious I > am talking about a system of mind control. It (psychology) is somewhat > subtle, because it*quietly rejects* the larger context in which an > individual could operate on his own. > > > > Instead, it substitutes notions like “compensation,” “acting out,” > “personal drama.” In and of themselves, these labels might, in some > situations, be vaguely interesting. But when wedded to the prospect of > CURING a person of their negative impact, the stage is set for a reduction > of energy, creative power, and space. Why? Because the terms of the problem > have been placed on a smaller platform and the dimension of the solution > has also been prefabricated to fit that platform. > > > > Psychotherapy is to the creative life as a kitchen melodrama is to high > adventure. > > > > Think about it. If you were consciously setting out to corral and capture > a significant segment of the educated population, without arousing their > suspicion, you could succeed grandly if you educated them about the > purported composition of their struggles—by naming the elements holding > them back from progress, by claiming that these elements are, indeed, real, > by choosing elements that actually shrink the field of operation, by > essentially defining what a life consists of…and then stepping in and > saying you can make that life better. It’s like redefining > three-dimensional chess as checkers and then sorting out winning checkers > strategies. > > > > “You see, the large and great life is a delusion based on neurotic > fantasy. The smaller life is real. And we can help you with that.” > > > > Of course, this is unspoken. But it’s there. And it is sold. > > > > “We’re going to take a life that could be A,B,C,D, and miniaturize it down > to lower-case a,b,c,d. We’re going to carry out this miniaturization > process so skillfully and so insistently that, eventually, the person > forgets there even is an A,B,C,D. Then we have him. Then we can rearrange > those a,b,c,d deck chairs and he’ll believe we’re helping him. That’s how > we win.” > > > > That’s the shell game. That’s the operant conditioning. That’s how it > works. > > > ------------------------------ > > Here are a few more comments from Ellis Medavoy on the subject: > > > > “At some point, as I was doing medical propaganda, I came across a few > operatives who were using their contacts to promote psychology as an > essential part of society. It took me a little while to see what their game > was. > > > > “They were working for what I call the Collectivist Elite, the men who are > trying to make a world of obedient androids, satisfied androids. Well, > that’s mind control. These operatives, doing their propaganda, feeding > stories to the press, were pushing a general idea of psychology. > > > > “Their version of psychology, when you boil it down, is: we’re all living > in a park. It’s a good park. We can all be happy if we stay there and work > together and cooperate. But part of this cooperation means we all admit > we’re deficient. We need a fix, a cure. We can get that cure if we realize > that every impulse we have toward being a self-sufficient individual is > really a symptom, and the symptom needs to be wiped out. > > > > “The idea that an individual has tremendous power is another symptom that > really needs to be cured.” > > > ------------------------------ > > Once you get a person to accept the myth that his most pressing desire is > to be “normal,” you can perform many manipulations. You can play on his > need to be part of the group, the team. You can use veiled threats of exile > from the group. You can pretend your manipulations are really only an > effort to bring him into the “community.” You can pretend you’re just > trying to help him be what he wants to be. You can promise him acceptance. > It all hinges on this operation designed to “shrink him down” so he views > Normal as his highest and most proper ambition. > > > > And what can he offer in his defense? How can he fight you off? What can > he use as a standard, against which he can compare Normal? > > > > If you mention INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, POWER, IMAGINATION as that standard, > he’s in the dark. He doesn’t know what you’re talking about. He’s entered > into a state of amnesia about those qualities. > > > > And in that state of amnesia, he’ll admit to having committed offenses. > He’ll confess to crimes he never even contemplated. > > > ------------------------------ > > As documented by Dr. Peter Breggin <http://www.breggin.com/> in his > classic work,Toxic > Psychiatry<http://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Psychiatry-Electroshock-Biochemical-Theories/dp/0312113668>, > about 35 years ago a bridge was built between the profession of > psychologist (and psychiatrist) and the pharmaceutical industry. > > > > Since psychology was already sinking into a morass of behavior-control (my > analysis), why not take the next step and simply say all these “symptoms” > were really brain imbalances and deficits? > > > > Forget science. By the way, there are no chemical or biological tests to > support a diagnosis of ANY so-called mental disorder. But the “science” of > “brain imbalances and deficits” could be sold. It could be marketed. > > > > The pharmaceutical industry could save a languishing and increasingly > unpopular profession (psychologist/psychiatrist), by buying expensive ads > in journals, funding conferences, awarding grants, bankrolling graduate > studies. > > > > Talk therapy would be replaced by the prescription pad. The drug companies > would develop and market the chemicals. The “therapists” would handle the > diagnoses and write the scripts. > > > > And so that marriage was made. > > > > Which takes us all the way from Freud (and his early Pavlovian > counterparts) to the present Century of the Brain and Its Control. > > > ------------------------------ > > To many people, that doesn’t look so bad at all. It looks good, because > they have forgotten the potential power, freedom, and imagination at the > core of Self. > > > > They have stopped exploring how far and how high that power, freedom, and > imagination can go. Such a journey means nothing to them. > > > > Jon Rappoport > > The author of an explosive new collection, THE MATRIX > REVEALED<http://marketplace.mybigcommerce.com/the-matrix-revealed-vol-1-cd-by-jon-rappoport-mega-info/>, > Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of > California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an > investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, > medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, > and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. 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