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Dogberry · **07-31-2013, 10:22 AM**

From the sound of it, the Garlean Empire applies something similar to the BITE model. The BITE model is a "brainwashing" technique used by many different cults and high control groups. BITE stands for the different kinds of control those groups put over its members. These are:

Behavioral Control
Information Control
Thought Control
Emotional Control

This is a video by Stephen Hassan, the person who created the BITE model, talking about it:

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http://vimeo.com/58511985

Much of what has been discussed in this thread already are perfect examples of these types of control. For example, being forced to kill something once a day is a "thought stopping" activity. A repetitive ritual that must be done that requires no thought beyond the actual process of doing it. As all members are required to do it, it forms bonds with those made to do it. The bonds created act as a kind of emotional control. To even think of betraying the cause is to think of betraying your brothers. I could go on about this kind of control for quite a bit, but there's another video that explains it much better than I can.

[youtube]qfb5FYd83Ao[/youtube]

Sorry for the wonky formatting, Vimeo won't just let me copy and paste the damn Url without thinking I'm trying to embed it.

Of Empires and Brain Squeegees

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