The Tell with Christine Axsmith
Where cults, relationships and persuasion mix. Resisting coercive control and getting you moving again.
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Sharon Bryan
David McRaney
Mary L Trump
Matt Taibbi
Ann Storr
Brainwashing
Language as Manipulation
Solutions
You Are Now Less Dumb – How To Buy Happiness, And All the Other Ways To Outsmart Yourself, by David McRaney
The goofy ways the human mind works - and defenses to it
The Power of the Powerless, by Vaclav Havel
The go-to book for radical change in society. Non-violent methods.
Yes! – 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive, by Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin and Robert B. Cialdini
Useful for persuading people, instead of yelling at them pointlessly
History
Antisemitism – Part One Of The Origins Of Totalitarianism, by Hannah Arendt
Classic analysis of the Third Reich by leading political philosopher of 20th century
A Brief History of Fascist Lies, by Federico Finchelstein
Broader analysis, not just Nazis.
The Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky
First-hand account of revolution and all its problems
The Tell with Christine Axsmith
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