Undue “unfluence”

The term mind control seemed to be reserved for extreme examples. Like in 1953 when the CIA began its “research” and experimenting with psychedelic drugs, hypnosis, and electroshock on mental patients. (MK-Ultra went on for 20 years before it was shut down.) This is an extreme form of violence. But there are more subtle forms, such as undue influence. When authority structure changes a person’s belief system without informed consent and makes them dependent on that same authority structure—this is undue influence and mind control.

What we are talking about is agency here. My argument here is this: If we raise generations of kids to strongly protect their agency, they won’t fall prey to giving it up to let them decide.