... corporate espionage by accessing the subconscious mind of their victims and implanting an idea without the target even realizing his mind had been infiltrated. It is simply perceived to be a dream. Both the concept of hypnotism and the plot of Inception seem like ridiculous ideas. After all, Inception is a science fiction film and hypnotism is often a cheap magic trick. Yet there ... of rhetoric, turning the way to truth into a means of control. As Michel Foucault explains, "[words have become] linguistic constructions of a power elite" which exist to trap humans within "knowledge regim...

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