Ask a question once and it’s a question. Twice and it’s persuasion. Three times and it’s coercion. Keep down this road and it’s brainwashing. The same idea constantly repeated, whether question or statement is the means to implant an idea on a person.
This is known and used by the advertising and pop music culture. If repeated oft enough then it becomes true.
This applies also to world leaders and religious leaders, if you tell the same lie oft enough and enough people agree with it then it becomes a truth. Believed by those who’s brains have been washed of reason.
If a person was born in a commune in a field and never allowed to leave and was always told the Earth was flat they’d die convinced they were on a flat world. Doesn’t mean that they were. But to them it was the truth. So is the Earth flat or where they brainwashed or badly educated?
There is not too much difference.
I think a key term here is programming. Advertising agencies and militarism abuse this. They program people to accept bollocks and think it good or at least ok.
For one human to kill another is not natural so the people who push the bomb release button on aircraft have to be conditioned in such a way that they will not question orders in any way shape or form.
Religions also dip into this well of control, by constantly repeating the same message and encourage those to learn the words (or dance moves in the pop culture) it’s all the same and one. Programming.
Ever heard of the wolf women? She was abandoned in a forest and a pack of wolves essentially brought her up. She was found in her late teens and taken to hospital. Many psychologists tried to work with her to heal her and all they got was grunts from her. She’s still in a state care now.
Call it brainwashing, conditioning or programming as you like.
We’re all expected to obey or Listen!
Make up your own mind.
For you.