What We Can Learn from Rats

How Animal Studies Tell Us More About Ourselves

Introduction

Earlier in my journey of waking up to the realities of the world, one of the first revelations I discovered was through a video that helped me understand a key strategy employed by the ruling class: using psychology to divide and conquer.

This tactic enables those in power to maintain control by preventing collective rebellion.

While I can’t remember where this video came from, it profoundly shaped my understanding of how subtle forms of control have replaced outright in-your-face control.

This idea ties in precisely with the concept of menticide, which is the intentional brainwashing of the human mind.