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How Cult Programming Really Works

It’s not just a matter of charisma and luck. Indoctrination is a precise art.

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E.B. Johnson
Nov 30, 2021
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It’s not just a matter of charisma and luck. Indoctrination is a precise art.

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by: E.B. Johnson

There’s this pervasive idea that only stupid people fall into cults, but that’s simply not true. The cult is an insidious and intelligent manipulation, which relies on shifty and shady techniques in order to coerce its members i…

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