Hypnosis and Politics in the 2008 Presidential Race
Hypnosis and Politics in the 2008 Presidential Race
Part One of Five
You are being manipulated. You mind is being twisted and turned to do the bidding of others. Like it or not John McCain and Barack Obama have you hypnotized.
Without resorting to swinging pocket watches or swirling spirals, the McCain and Obama campaigns are using the same tools hypnotists use to change your mind and, in the candidate's case, secure your vote. Let's look at some of the startling comparisons between hypnosis and the campaign for president of the United States.
Hot Button Politics
Perhaps you have noticed- just about the time we are going to the voting booth subjects like flag burning, gay marriage, abortion and threats to national safety start making their way into the headlines and making the rounds on talk radio and television. This is not an accident. Hypnotists and politicians know that most people spend their lives doing what they feel like doing and that in our society feeling drives behavior. If I want to get you to take action I must make you feel and to do that I need to find the ideas that stoke your feelings.
The above mentioned topics are known to create strong emotions. Powerful feelings bypass the logic centers of your brain so that you act without really thinking about it. Your argument may not have a leg to stand on but you feel strongly that your side is in the right. Just listen when people talk about these issues. Lots of feeling but very little logic.
Hypnotists know that the subconscious mind is the feeling mind and that to help you change they must find and touch the personal hot button that gets you to move. Politicians use the media to target your hot spots for the very same purpose.
Once electeded, the politician puts the hot topics back on the shelf until the next election when they trundle them out to work your emotions and get you to vote for them.
Part One of Five
You are being manipulated. You mind is being twisted and turned to do the bidding of others. Like it or not John McCain and Barack Obama have you hypnotized.
Without resorting to swinging pocket watches or swirling spirals, the McCain and Obama campaigns are using the same tools hypnotists use to change your mind and, in the candidate's case, secure your vote. Let's look at some of the startling comparisons between hypnosis and the campaign for president of the United States.
Hot Button Politics
Perhaps you have noticed- just about the time we are going to the voting booth subjects like flag burning, gay marriage, abortion and threats to national safety start making their way into the headlines and making the rounds on talk radio and television. This is not an accident. Hypnotists and politicians know that most people spend their lives doing what they feel like doing and that in our society feeling drives behavior. If I want to get you to take action I must make you feel and to do that I need to find the ideas that stoke your feelings.
The above mentioned topics are known to create strong emotions. Powerful feelings bypass the logic centers of your brain so that you act without really thinking about it. Your argument may not have a leg to stand on but you feel strongly that your side is in the right. Just listen when people talk about these issues. Lots of feeling but very little logic.
Hypnotists know that the subconscious mind is the feeling mind and that to help you change they must find and touch the personal hot button that gets you to move. Politicians use the media to target your hot spots for the very same purpose.
Once electeded, the politician puts the hot topics back on the shelf until the next election when they trundle them out to work your emotions and get you to vote for them.
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