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sensational indeed. That is why the identification and training of pseu-
dointellectual sycophants and making them ready for use is such an
important process.

Once such pseudointellectual sycophant characters have been
identified, they go through a lengthy and fastidious grooming process.
These people are first approached by telling them, “You are an intellec-
tual, and very different from the others.” Then they are gradually molded
into the desired form. And during this process, it is the pseudointel-
lectual sycophants’ immense efforts to gain approval that most serve
the interests of their “lords and masters.” They begin influencing such

a person by first praising his/her “intelligence” and “knowledge,”
while inculcating that person with their own philosophies on the one
hand and turning him or her into a writer on the other. Guidance along
the lines of “This sentence on that subject is not exactly right,” or “Why not
put it this way instead?” is actually part of the training. Through this
detailed training these people are both turned into writers and indoct-
rinated with a specific philosophy. After minor corrections of senten-

ces in their articles, this then turns into, “Why not let me write this secti-
on for you?”. Whole paragraphs are added or removed. During this
time the pseudointellectual sycophant starts to learn what form the
“ideal” written text should take. The result is a conveyor belt produc-
tion of numerous papers, the work of a common mind and defending
the same way of thinking. Many articles you read overseas in particu-
lar are prepared in that way.

Pseudointellectual sycophants’ education is not limited to their
writings. They are also taught in fine detail how to behave in which
environment, what to wear where, what subjects to make jokes about
and how to react to events. They are told to adhere to this model if they

want to be famous in the West, to be admired by those around them
and to be regarded as “someone very important” in their own country.

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