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CIA MK Ultra Hypnosis Experiments Proved Consistent and Scalable Unlike Drug Tests
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MK Ultra Exposed: Everything CIA Knows About Mind Control
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"While MK Ultra did have some success with drugs like LSD and sexual manipulation, it wasn't easy to replicate, and that success wasn't consistent or predictable. In contrast, experiments with hypnosis proved to be quite the opposite, both predictable and consistent. And the biggest benefit of all was that hypnotism didn't only apply to individuals. It could be used at scale to affect large groups as long as those large groups had a shared perception of reality, common understanding, beliefs, morals, and ethics."
Former CIA officer Andrew Bustamante claims that declassified MK Ultra documents reveal hypnosis was far more successful than drug-based experiments for mind control. He states that while LSD and sexual manipulation proved inconsistent, hypnosis delivered predictable results and could be applied to entire groups sharing common beliefs. Bustamante asserts government investment in hypnosis continued after MK Ultra ended in 1973, forming the basis of modern influence campaigns.
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