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Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

Political Cults: Techniques of Manipulation and Recruitment

This chapter explores the techniques used by political cults to manipulate and recruit individuals, as well as the contradictory positions held by members. It also discusses Robert Lifton's eight conditions that indicate the presence of ideological totalism within cults.

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