“Puzzlement and doubt are, however, already crimes in the totalitarian state. The mind that is open for questions is open for dissent. In the totalitarian regime the doubting, inquisitive, and imaginative mind has to be suppressed. The totalitarian slave is only allowed to memorize, to salivate when the bell rings.”
Quote by Joost Meerloo
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Joost Meerloo
Joost Meerloo was a Dutch doctor and psychologist, born in 1903 in the Netherlands and died in 1976. He made extensive contributions to the fields of psychiatry and psychology, particularly in the study of war trauma and antisocial behavior. more
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