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[Midnight Writer]

14. Don't get me started. Think tanks have developed these techniques, often under government contract.

Our military was tasked with controlling Nazi sympathetic areas of Europe after WW2. Nazi sympathies did not suddenly end with the surrender of Germany.

Instead of using force, we developed group control techniques (from think tanks) to keep the populace in pocket. During the Fifties, these techniques were adapted and honed by commercial advertisers. Today, thanks to people volunteering tons of personal info on social media, folks can be targeted with influencing methods with scary accuracy.