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Easy Chair No. 139, February the 12th, 1987 — Faith, Suggestibility, and the Myth of “Brainwashing”
In this episode (Feb. 12, 1987), R.J. Rushdoony dismantles the modern “brainwashing” narrative by drawing on suppressed Korean War research: the most resilient POWs were those with **governing convictions**—a living Christian faith and a clear belief in the free market—who were recognized as natural leaders, resisted manipulation, and even attempted escape, while the faithless majority proved tragically leaderless, anarchic, and easily induced to comply because they believed in nothing. From there he pivots to a sobering cultural warning: the same emptiness makes societies vulnerable to…
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