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“Ready made opinions can be distributed day by day through the press, radio, and so on, again and again, till they reach the nerve cell and implant a fixed pattern in the brain. Consequently, guided public opinion is the result, according to Pavlovian theoreticians, of good propaganda technique, and the polls [are] a verification of the temporary successful action of the Pavlovian machinations on the mind.”

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Joost Meerloo
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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