How to protect yourself from mind control techniques and cult recruitment (it’s not as far-fetched as you think) by Wistar Murray | Jul 22, 2022 | Abuse & Neglect, Mental Health Topics, Power & Control The idea of brainwashing had a viral moment in the 1950s when the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) decided to wage psychological warfare against Communism. Project MKUltra secretly experimented with “mind control” techniques, dosing people with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) without their consent. In fact, at one point the CIA…