... I offended some of you by saying you had been brainwashed. This is not an insult; it's a simple statement of fact. When any infant is born and socialized in a society, even if he is to become a very mature individual, he has been brainwashed.... given a structure for categorizing his experience and a system of values applied to the structure of categories.


Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: "The State of Individuals" (1976)


I offended some of you by saying you had been brainwashed. This is not an insult; it's a simple statement of fact. When any infant is born and...

I offended some of you by saying you had been brainwashed. This is not an insult; it's a simple statement of fact. When any infant is born and...

I offended some of you by saying you had been brainwashed. This is not an insult; it's a simple statement of fact. When any infant is born and...

I offended some of you by saying you had been brainwashed. This is not an insult; it's a simple statement of fact. When any infant is born and...