​Thought reform tactics are used to change an individual's beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors without consent. These tactics are used in environments with an imbalance of power, such as in cults, prisons, or totalitarian regimes. The goal is to control the individual psychologically, making them more malleable to the influencer's objectives.

The eight critical components of thought reform tactics are isolation, control of information, induced dependency, demand for purity, confession sessions, sacred science, language loading, and doctrine over person.

​These tactics take advantage of human vulnerabilities, such as the need for belonging and clarity during times of distress. It's crucial to understand these tactics to recognize situations of coercion and protect oneself from psychological manipulation. Rather than changing our minds unconsciously, true change comes through consciousness and empowerment. One easy way to detect whether the person is helping you change your mind is through their language - a friend speaks differently from a dictator.

 Labor Day is a US holiday celebrated on the first Monday of September every year. It is a day meant to honor and appreciate the hard work of laborers and to give them a chance to rest and relax. I can't recall what I did on my first  Labor Day in the US after arriving in LA, but it must have been a pleasant late summer day spent alone.

The very first Labor Day parade in the United States was held in New York City on Tuesday, September 5, 1882. In 1894, 23 more states adopted the festival, and then on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland. Sign the law to establish the first Monday of September yearly as a legal national holiday.

Most Americans celebrate Labor Day as a symbolic end of summer, usually with picnics, barbecues, fireworks shows, parties, parades, and other activities.