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We miss that during the 80's, psychological operations were being honed, sharpened, and primed for precise effect in the mainstream of marketing and commercialization. Not only did it work, it worked so extremely well that entire departments bloomed around the practice thereof.

The weapons and technologies of mass persuasion and reinforcement were paid for and researched under a for-profit system. It took a while to realize that there were other areas they could be readily adapted for further profit.



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