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Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food

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“The aim of Operation Mindfuck was to lead people into such a heightened state of bewilderment and confusion that their rigid beliefs would shatter and be replaced by some form of enlightenment.”
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