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On the other hand, if a writer [[ShownTheirWork wants to convey]] that a Brainwashed and Crazy character is indeed such and got that way unknowingly or unwillingly and/or is acting against his or her own interests, the writer will ''not'' depict hypnosis as the method of mind control, because there are [[DemonicPossession far]] [[PeoplePuppets more]] [[FakeMemories effective]] (and far [[ParanoiaFuel more frightening]]) ways an individual can be manipulated and/or controlled to act in a harmful or dangerous manner. The RealLife TropeMaker for this would be UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, though a continuing situation of DomesticAbuse in RealLife is a [[TruthInTelevision far more common example.]]

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On the other hand, if a writer [[ShownTheirWork wants to convey]] that a Brainwashed and Crazy character is indeed such and got that way unknowingly or unwillingly and/or is acting against his or her their own interests, the writer will ''not'' depict hypnosis as the method of mind control, because there are [[DemonicPossession far]] [[PeoplePuppets more]] [[FakeMemories effective]] (and far [[ParanoiaFuel more frightening]]) ways an individual can be manipulated and/or controlled to act in a harmful or dangerous manner. The RealLife TropeMaker for this would be UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, though a continuing situation of DomesticAbuse in RealLife is a [[TruthInTelevision far more common example.]]

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