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Characteristics and Techniques of Political Cults

This chapter explores the characteristics and techniques used by political cults, including the creation of rigid belief systems, authoritarianism, and intense activism. It also discusses Robert Lifton's eight conditions that indicate the presence of ideological totalism within cults.

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