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* Systematically create a sense of powerlessness in the victim. This is accomplished by getting victims away from their normal social support group for a period of time and into an environment where the majority of people are already group members. | * Systematically create a sense of powerlessness in the victim. This is accomplished by getting victims away from their normal social support group for a period of time and into an environment where the majority of people are already group members. | ||
* The victims serve as models of the attitudes and behaviors of the group and speak an in-group language. | * The victims serve as models of the attitudes and behaviors of the group and speak an in-group language. | ||
* Strip victims of their main occupation (quit jobs, drop out of school) or source of income or have them turn over their income (or the majority of) to | * Strip victims of their main occupation (quit jobs, drop out of school) or source of income or have them turn over their income (or the majority of) to the group. | ||
* Once stripped of your usual support network, your confidence in your own perception erodes. | * Once stripped of your usual support network, your confidence in your own perception erodes. | ||
* As your sense of powerlessness increases, your good judgment and understanding of the world are diminished. (ordinary view of reality is destabilized) | * As your sense of powerlessness increases, your good judgment and understanding of the world are diminished. (ordinary view of reality is destabilized) |