{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Weaver & Loom","title":"Six Traits of Totalitarian Cults: Don't Drink the Kool Aid (Part 2) [E156]","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/49c90fc1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3394,"description":"There are six traits of totalitarian cults:\n \n1) Control of the environment\n2) A system of rewards and punishments\n3) Creating a sense of powerlessness\n4) Fear and dependency\n5) Reforming the follower’s behavior and attitudes\n6) Closed system of logic.\n \nThese were described by Margaret Singer’s Cults in Our Midst (1996).\n \nIn 1952, Asch wrote: ‘The greater man’s ignorance of the principles of his social surroundings, the more subject is he to their control; and the greater his knowledge of their operations and of their necessary consequences, the freer he can become with regard to them.’\n \nSources and additional resources:\n https://aeon.co/essays/how-cult-leaders-brainwash-followers-for-total-control https://www.fecris.org/uncategorized/david-brear-the-universal-identifying-characteristics-of-a-cult/\n \nUntil next time… Be a change maker, take responsibility, own the future.\n \nThank you for listening, and as always you can find me at:\n \nWhatsApp: +1-202-922-0220\nLucasSkrobot.com\nTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lucasskrobot\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasskrobot\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucasskrobot","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/oPD6kuiFIJWqsGrswc80-0ILSkpproWk9lo2ge3W-TA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hOTM0/NDgxOGUyNDkzNGY1/YWYzYTJkZmNiODE3/MWNkNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}