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affirm and act as if they do understand and accept the new ideology. | affirm and act as if they do understand and accept the new ideology. | ||
* Put forth a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure that permits no feedback and refuses to be modified except by leadership approval or executive order. | * Put forth a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure that permits no feedback and refuses to be modified except by leadership approval or executive order. | ||
The group has a top-down, pyramid structure. The leaders must have verbal ways of never losing. | *The group has a top-down, pyramid structure. The dominating ego leaders must have verbal ways of never losing. Victims are not allowed to question, criticize or complain -- if they do, the leaders allege that the victim is defective -- not the organization or the beliefs. | ||
Victims are not allowed to question, criticize or complain -- if they do, the leaders allege that the victim is defective -- not the organization or the | |||
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*The individual is always wrong -- the system, its leaders and its belief are always right. | *The individual is always wrong -- the system, its leaders and its belief are always right. | ||
*Remolding of the individual victim happens in a closed system. As victims learn to modify their behavior in order to be accepted in this closed system, | *Remolding of the individual victim happens in a closed system. As victims learn to modify their behavior in order to be accepted in this closed system, |