Large Scale Conditioning

[abaris]

We are all programmed to one degree or another.

But believe me, the OP scenarios are quite alien and in all honesty almost frightening to many outside observers. Do you remember that old song by Mike and the mechanics featuring the line "swear allegiance to the flag whatever flag they offer"? It's on these lines. The flags and their purpose are interchangeable, but the meaning stays the same: Catch them at every possible opportunity, so they don't question authority and go willingly whenever a flag is waved in their faces.

It's also in the Kennedy line of "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". On the outside this seems pretty harmless, but it's along the same lines as the old Prussian ideals of the state coming before the individual.