The fact that the North Koreans were able to torture and manipulate people into accepting their lunatic creed is well known. The essential feat was seemingly convincing people to mean it when they affirmed that a 4″ stick was the same length as a 6″ one. This symbol serves well for their fanatical belief system in general.
I got to wondering in what conservstive–really, Liberal–brainwashing would consist. And it seems to me it would need consist solely in effective psychotherapy, in the building of mental and emotional health.
That is the difference.