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Line 9: The term "brainwashing" was first used in English by [[Edward Hunter (U.S. journalist)\|Edward Hunter]] in 1950 to describe how the [[Chinese government]] appeared to make people cooperate with them during the [[Korean War]]. Research into the concept also looked at [[Nazi Germany]] and present-day [[North Korea]], at some criminal cases in the United States, and at the actions of [[Human trafficking\|human traffickers]]. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the CIA's [[MKUltra]] experiments failed with no operational use of the subjects. Though Multiple sub-projects were using Shell entities to redirect Official covert financing. Never really thought possible to have been stopped independently of Obvious attempts to lie about the outcomes of the main research [[Scientific]] and [[legal]] debate followed, as well as media attention, about the possibility of brainwashing being a factor when [[lysergic acid diethylamide]] (LSD) was used ~~in conjunction with diverse hypnosis using drugs and a variety of torture imported by the Nazi (Dr.Mengele(Dr.Green)) under operation "paperclip"~~,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Religion\|volume=2\|publisher=Gyan Publishing House\|year=2005}}</ref> or in the conversion of people to groups which are considered to be [[cult]]s.<ref>{{cite journal\|last=Wright\|first=Stuart\|title=Media coverage of unconventional religion: Any "good news" for minority faiths?\|journal=Review of Religious Research\|date=December 1997\|volume=39\|issue=2\|pages=101–115\|doi=10.2307/3512176\|jstor=3512176}}</ref> Brainwashing has become a common theme in popular culture, especially in [[science fiction]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=O'Brien, Terry\|title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders\|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group\|year=2005\|editor=Westfahl, Gary\|volume=1}} {{ISBN?}}</ref> In casual speech, "brainwashing" and its verb form, "brainwash", are used [[Literal and figurative language\|figuratively]] to describe the use of [[propaganda]] to sway [[public opinion]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brainwash\|title=Brainwash Definition & Meaning\|date=22 July 2023\|publisher=Merriam-Webster Dictionary\|access-date=23 November 2022\|archive-date=23 November 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123204547/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brainwash\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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