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orgs (25)in #omar • 26 days ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #10/57
As a child, he had little interest in religion, but at King’s he was approached by a recruiter for the UK chapter of an eastern religious group that was soon afterwards banned…
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orgs (25)in #mao • last month
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #9/57
3 manufacturing fanatics‘Cults are far from marginal, and those who join them are no different from you and me.’ Robert Jay Lifton.9When Mao gained control of China in 1949, he…
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orgs (25)in #cults • 2 months ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #8/57
Scientologists are urged to cease any communication with critics – Suppressive Persons – and such ‘shunning’ is commonplace in totalist groups; indeed, it is a defining factor…
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orgs (25)in #scientology • 2 months ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #7/57
I’m happy to report that towards the end of my involvement with Scientology, I refused to accept a money-lender’s cheque, even after a 13-hour interview. The demanded interest…
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orgs (25)in #scientology • 3 months ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #6/57
The recruit is exploited to feel discouraged about the ‘ruin.’ ‘I’m sure you’ve tried everything, but nothing has worked.’ Confessionof troubles usually shifts the recruiter into…
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orgs (25)in #cults • 4 months ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #5/57
2 recruitment: the way to unhappiness‘manipulate: to manage or influence skilfully, especially in an unfair manner.’ Dictionary.comThe process of undue influence follows a…
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orgs (25)in #bankrupted • 4 months ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #4/57
In the early eighteenth century, the Mississippi Company, owned by the French Royal Bank, offered investors the chance to make enormous rewards by buying shares in the new…
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orgs (25)in #persuasion • 4 months ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #3/57
Indeed, some students of animal behaviour say that lying is the first stage in the evolution of intelligence. Californian jays have been observed pretending to bury food, and…
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orgs (25)in #microsoft • 5 months ago
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #2/57
1 you are not a gentleman: the principles of influence‘The saddest thing about any man, is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.’ King Alfred the…
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orgs (25)in #persuasion • last year
[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #1/57
Contentsintroduction1 you are not a gentleman: the principles of influencea brush with a telephone scammer ~ the basic methods of confidence tricksters, cult recruiters, and…
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