Modern Wisdom · 2026-05-28 · 129 min · 23,137 words

Psyop Expert: “Brainwashing Is Real And It’s Happening Now” - Chase Hughes - #1103

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Who are you? How do you describe what you do for work? It's so hard. But uh if the if I'm talking to somebody that's boring, I'll just tell them I teach psychology stuff. But if I want to get into it, I'll I'll say, you know, I I teach uh all everything from brainwashing to interrogation, uh, applied on yourself and other people.

And most of what I do is train sales teams uh nowadays. So it sales has gotten really addicted to this stuff. Uh, but I've studied neuroscience for a long time. And I've spent my life trying to figure out how the brain works and how to shift human behavior, not just like to get someone to confess to something in an interrogation, but how do we modify our own behavior and and what are the mechanics that make that possible? Do you think we're living in the most psychologically manipulated era in human history?

Yes. Hands down. But I mean, you go to ancient Rome, some some shit would happen and they would say, hey, do the do the lion fighting thing with the guy. Let's distract everybody.

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