Is the Reaction to Corona the Definition of Torture?
In 1956 the psychologist Albert Biderman developed a framework for understanding communist brainwashing techniques used by the Chinese and North Koreans on captured American servicemen to make them psychological as well as physical prisoners, including various forms of stress manipulation and torture. Psychologists believe that abusers in many different situations use the same methods to achieve control over their victims. These methods have been leveraged against the world population under the guise of protection, all for a virus with a 99.9+% survival rate. Abusers use a variety of techniques to coerce others to do what they wish. Eight Techniques of Torturers 1. Isolation 2. Monopolization of Perception 3. Induced Debility Exhaustion 4. Threats 5. Occasional Indulgences 6. Demonstrating “Omnipotence” and “Omniscience” 7. Degradation 8. Enforcing Trivial Demands Biderman’s Chart of Coercion: Reflected in Response to COVID 1. Isolation: Quarantines, social distancing…
