The only major brainwashing done in America is through the simple repetition of lies by those who want a decorticated America and are willing to pay for it. FOXNews, Breitbart.com, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and many more, make big bucks selling lies to gullible people. That's been going on forever - snake oil salesmen, faith healers, evangelical quacks. PT Barnum said there's a sucker born every minute, and old PT was unapologetic about taking the suckers' money. Same with Limbaugh and Rupert Murdoch, owner of FOXNews.