Self-described mind-control victims form communities despite no evidence

Evidence

What is clear is that similar stories have circulated suffi ciently to call into being a community of self-described victims, who allege that as a result of torture, abuse, or implanted electronic devices, they were enslaved by a government that had taken possession of their minds. … Nevertheless, scholarly and journalistic treatments of MK-ULTRA and related projects make no mention of a Project Monarch. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 392

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Project Monarch claims rest solely on recovered-memory testimony of one alleged victim — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 390; Alienated people may deny their own oppressive reality as self-defense — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 499; Mutual groundless suspicion between communities signals shared insecurity rather than delusion. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 1761 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Mutual groundless suspicion between communities signals shared insecurity rather than delusion. #expands (0.75) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1761
• Alienated people may deny their own oppressive reality as self-defense #expands (0.72) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 499