That was in the 1920s through 1945, when Adolf Hitler established an organization for the indoctrination of German children into his Nazi party.

In Lenin’s and Stalin’s Soviet Union, it was known as the Komsomol, or Communist Youth League.

Today, in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it’s called “patriotic profiling” . . . but by any name, what it really is, is mind control.

In addition to the new school year’s curriculum designed to instill in children a more chauvinistic attitude toward their government, “neuroprofiling” tests are being conducted by the state-run Russian Patriot Center (RPC) on some 10,000 children and teens across the country, in order to boost patriotism and direct them into appropriate adult roles according to the test results.

Independent educators are critical of the program, calling it “pseudoscience”and “manipulation,” and saying that it echoes both communism and fascism. One such educator, Dima Zicer, said:

“It is yet another attempt by the authorities to control people and influence their decisions.” [Andrei Soshnikov, Svetlana Osipova, Valery Panyushkin, and Systema, RFE/RL, July 30, 2025.]

From the program, which runs into August and includes 12-to-18-year-olds, 50 participants “with a pronounced positive profile” are to be selected to participate in a five-day seminar in Sevastopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea (Ukraine).

The website for the program says that it is intended to identify “leaders and/or anti-leaders (participants prone to destructive behavior)” . . . and that those who “defame the ideas of patriotism” will be immediately removed from the event. [Id.]

On its Telegram channel, RPC described the aim of the program as the “transformation of approaches to education, career guidance, and the patriotic upbringing of young people.” [Id.]

No mention was made of what was ahead for the children — either the “leaders” or the “anti-leaders” — at the conclusion of the program. But there is no question in my mind that those deemed to “defame the ideas of patriotism” can, at the very least, look forward to spending the rest of their lives on a Kremlin watch-list.

One company that sells “neuroprofiling” tests is called Persona. In a presentation, the company stated that its conclusions about the participants are based on “various subconscious cognitive perceptions of visual symbols.” And the head of Persona, Vladimir Kozlov, posted on RPC’s Telegram channel:

“We are convinced that patriotism begins with understanding one’s role in the future of the country. Our company’s neuroprofiling technologies help teenagers find this role — accurately, consciously, and with motivation.” [Id.]

Simply stated, it is mind control.

And it is alive and thriving in Russia today.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
7/30/25