7 Quotes by Joost Meerloo

Confusing a targeted audience is one of the necessary ingredients for effective mind control.

Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques.

The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason.

The bulk of the totalitarian-minded in the democratic societies are men and women who are attracted to this destructive way of life for inner emotional reasons unknown to themselves.

Demoralization of the target audience is yet another step in successful mind control.

In my own experience, I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party – democratic or totalitarian – through study and comparison of principles.

It’s among the intelligentsia that we often find the glib compulsion to explain everything and to understand nothing.