Final Confession and Starting Over
Even though the choice is really not
theirs at all, the agent has strategically
worked the whole time to lead the
subject to feeling like they have the
free will to choose the new identity. If
the brainwashing process is done
correctly, the subject will think
logically about the new choices and
determine that the best one is to take
up the new identity. They have been
conditioned to think this way and in
their new state of mind, it is the one
that makes the most sense. There are
no other choices; choosing the new
identity allows them to be relieved
from the guilt that they feel and leads
to happiness while choosing the old
identity leads to pain and guilt. If for
some reason the subject did deny the
new identity, there would be a
backtracking in the whole
brainwashing process and they would
be forced to undergo it all again in
order to end up with the desired results.
During this stage of the process, the
subject gets to decide that they will
choose good, which means that they get
to choose to go with the new identity.
When the subject contrasts the agony
and pain of their old identity with the
peacefulness that comes with the new,
they are going to choose the new
identity. This new identity is like a
form of salvation. It is the thing that
helps them to feel good and not have to
deal with guilt and unhappiness
anymore. As this stage completes, the
subject is going to reject their old
identity and will go through a process
of pledging allegiance to their new one,
knowing that it is going to work at
making their life better.
Many times, there are ceremonies and
rituals that occur during this final
stage. The conversion from the old
identity to the new identity is a big deal
since much time and energy has been
used on both sides. During these
ceremonies, the subject will be
inducted into the new community and
embraced with the new identity. For
some brainwashing victims there is the
feeling of rebirth during this period.
You are allowed to embrace your new
identity and are welcomed with open
arms into the new community that is
now your own. Instead of being
isolated and alone, you have many new
friends and community members on
your side. Instead of feeling the guilt
and pain that has plagued you for many
months you are going to feel happiness
and peacefulness with everything that
is around you. The new identity is now
yours and the brainwashing
transformation is complete.
This process can take place over a
period of many months to even years.
Most people are set in their identity
and the beliefs that they have; it is not
possible to change all of this in just a
few days unless the person was already
willing to change and that would make
the brainwashing techniques
unnecessary. Isolation would also be
necessary because outside influences
will prevent the subject from relying
on the agent during this process. This is
why most of the brainwashing cases
occur in prison camps and other
isolated instances; the vast majority of
people will not have the chance of
encountering brainwashing due to the
fact that they are always surrounded by
people and technology that would
hinder the whole brainwashing process.
Once the person is in isolation, the
process takes a long time due to the
many steps that must be taken in order
to change the ideals held by the
individual for many years so that they
will embrace the new identity as their
own while also feeling that the choice
has always been theirs.
As can be seen, there are quite a few
steps that must be taken in order to go
through the brainwashing process. It is
not something that is going to happen
just by running into someone on the
street and exchanging a few words. It
requires the isolation and time to
convince the subject that everything
they know is wrong and that they are a
bad person. It then continues on with
trying to force out a confession that the
subject is bad and that they want to
renounce all of the things that they
have done that are bad due to their old
identity. Finally, the subject will be led
in the direction of believing that they
can change for the better if they just
abandon their old ideas and instead
embrace the peacefulness and rightness
that comes with the new identity that is
presented. All of these steps must
occur for the brainwashing to be
effective and the new identity to be put
in place.
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