It's ironic I came across this post just now of yours; I am in the process of putting together another post myself his week with the differences between "conditioning" and "brainwashing".

Thinking of some aspects of the Stockholm Syndrome being weaved into the post also.

Mind control happens in the simplest of forms (abuser to those being abused) to more advancement and a larger audience (news pundits reporting on what they think we should know and are being told to tell us)