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It's interesting that they frame this research so clearly in terms of finding strategies to modify people's attitudes [1]. As far as I can tell, they really do think drugging up people and peer pressuring them into a certain politic view is a good idea [2].
Looks like Alex Jones was right all along.
[1] "However, at the same time, volunteer work for migrants in the hosting countries has reached all-time highs and is estimated to exceed 1.6 million hours per month in Germany alone (6). In the face of growing tensions over differences in ethnicity, religion, and culture (3), there is an urgent need for devising strategies for helping foster the social integration of refugees into Caucasian societies."
[2] "Furthermore, UNESCO has emphasized the importance of developing neurobiologically informed strategies for reducing xenophobic, hostile, and discriminatory attitudes (47). Thus, considering OXT-enforced normative incentives in developing future interventions and policy programs intended to reduce outgroup rejection may be an important step toward making the principle of social inclusion a daily reality in our societies. "