O.G. Rose | On Brainwashing by O.G. Rose @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
The word "brainwashing" has an unclear meaning (distinct from "learning" and/or "changing view"), and it tends to be a subjective debasing of someone who begins to change his or her views into something the person using the word doesn't like. Furthermore, we could really only call something "brainwashing" if we knew "the truth" which the person was being "brainwashed" relative to and away from. But even then, calling someone "brainwashed" isn't nearly as productive as proving to the person the "truth" (which we need to know to use the word "brainwashed" legitimately), which could motivate the person to choose to step out of "the loop" in which they are (in our eyes) "being brainwashed" - what value adds the description and judgment, then?
For the Full Piece:
ogrose.substack.com/p/on-brainwashing
On Medium:
o-g-rose-writing.medium.com/on-brainwashing-05a3e7b34161
For more by O.G. Rose:
og-rose.com
Photo by Lea L
The word "brainwashing" has an unclear meaning (distinct from "learning" and/or "changing view"), and it tends to be a subjective debasing of someone who begins to change his or her views into something the person using the word doesn't like. Furthermore, we could really only call something "brainwashing" if we knew "the truth" which the person was being "brainwashed" relative to and away from. But even then, calling someone "brainwashed" isn't nearly as productive as proving to the person the "truth" (which we need to know to use the word "brainwashed" legitimately), which could motivate the person to choose to step out of "the loop" in which they are (in our eyes) "being brainwashed" - what value adds the description and judgment, then?
For the Full Piece:
ogrose.substack.com/p/on-brainwashing
On Medium:
o-g-rose-writing.medium.com/on-brainwashing-05a3e7b34161
For more by O.G. Rose:
og-rose.com
Photo by Lea L
