The Lucas Skrobot Show

There are six traits of totalitarian cults:   1) Control of the environment 2) A system of rewards and punishments 3) Creating a sense of powerlessness 4) Fear and dependency 5) Reforming the follower’s behavior and attitudes 6) Closed system of logic.   These were described by Margaret Singer’s Cults in Our Midst (1996).   In 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.’   Sources and additional resources: 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/   Until next time… Be a change maker, take responsibility, own the future.   Thank you for listening, and as always you can find me at:   WhatsApp: +1-202-922-0220 LucasSkrobot.com Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lucasskrobot LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasskrobot Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucasskrobot

Show Notes

There are six traits of totalitarian cults:
 
1) Control of the environment
2) A system of rewards and punishments
3) Creating a sense of powerlessness
4) Fear and dependency
5) Reforming the follower’s behavior and attitudes
6) Closed system of logic.
 
These were described by Margaret Singer’s Cults in Our Midst (1996).
 
In 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.’
 
Sources and additional resources:
 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/
 
Until next time… Be a change maker, take responsibility, own the future.
 
Thank you for listening, and as always you can find me at:
 
WhatsApp: +1-202-922-0220
LucasSkrobot.com
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lucasskrobot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasskrobot
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucasskrobot
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