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Cults: From Tom Cruise To Adolf Hitler |Rick Alan Ross EP 170

The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast

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Influence Techniques for Cult Leaders

In a cult, you experience what's called love bombing, which means you get into the group. Another one would be social proof, which is a big one. You are more likely to be compliant with someone who represents authority than someone who doesn't. So if they can invoke the authority of the Bible, that's a big one in the US and Western Europe.

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