Can Brainwashing be Reversed? 

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The majority of the American public has been brainwashed, and (by definition) they don't know it. This has been a systematic process, carried out over many decades, first on college campuses, then in our public schools, and now in the news media and corporate world.  Hanan Parvez (MBA, MA Psychology, founder of PsychMechanics) says "Brainwashing is essentially acquiring beliefs without critical thought." Children naturally learn from our parents about the world, how it works, and what part we play in it.  After they've grown up, circumstances can manipulate people into rejecting their previous beliefs. This may be caused by PTSD from military experience, a narcissistic or abusive spouse who damages their self-esteem, cults, or radical religious leaders who consciously or unconsciously appeal to weaknesses in order to break people down and rebuild them with a new set of thoughts and behaviors that serve their own purposes.