Propaganda and indoctrination: mechanisms of social conditioning

This article provides an in-depth analysis of propaganda and indoctrination, viewed not as simple manipulation techniques but as advanced operating systems controlling collective consciousness. Drawing on the work of Łukasz Winiarski and classics such as Jacques Ellul, Hannah Arendt, and Noam Chomsky, the author exposes the mechanisms behind the "training" of society. The text describes in detail the evolution of these phenomena—from religious roots to contemporary semantic engineering and cultural Marxism. The reader will learn how conceptual frameworks and the fabrication of consent influence the perception of reality in the age of cognitive capitalism. A key element of the argument is the identification of education and critical thinking as an essential "systemic vaccine" that builds psychological resilience and protects against disinformation in conditions of permanent information warfare.