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@orgs Apr 10, 2026, 1:04 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #10/57

As a child, he had little interest in religion, but at King’s he was approached by a recruiter for the UK chapter of an eastern religious group that was soon afterwards banned from campus.His old-fas…

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@orgs Mar 28, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #9/57

3 manufacturing fanatics‘Cults are far from marginal, and those who join them are no different from you and me.’ Robert Jay Lifton.9When Mao gained control of China in 1949, he instituted his cherish…

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@orgs Mar 8, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #8/57

Scientologists are urged to cease any communication with critics – Suppressive Persons – and such ‘shunning’ is commonplace in totalist groups; indeed, it is a defining factor when assessing the dang…

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@orgs Feb 22, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #7/57

I’m happy to report that towards the end of my involvement with Scientology, I refused to accept a money-lender’s cheque, even after a 13-hour interview. The demanded interest rate was 30%. Many othe…

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@orgs Jan 27, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #6/57

The recruit is exploited to feel discouraged about the ‘ruin.’ ‘I’m sure you’ve tried everything, but nothing has worked.’ Confessionof troubles usually shifts the recruiter into a position of author…

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@orgs Jan 11, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #5/57

2 recruitment: the way to unhappiness‘manipulate: to manage or influence skilfully, especially in an unfair manner.’ Dictionary.comThe process of undue influence follows a predictable series of steps…

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@orgs Jan 4, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #4/57

In the early eighteenth century, the Mississippi Company, owned by the French Royal Bank, offered investors the chance to make enormous rewards by buying shares in the new Louisiana Territories in Am…

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@orgs Dec 25, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #3/57

Indeed, some students of animal behaviour say that lying is the first stage in the evolution of intelligence. Californian jays have been observed pretending to bury food, and then quickly concealing…

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@orgs Dec 20, 2025, 10:50 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #2/57

1 you are not a gentleman: the principles of influence‘The saddest thing about any man, is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.’ King Alfred the GreatI was barely awake…

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@orgs May 9, 2025, 4:25 AM UTC

[religious brainwash] Opening Minds The Secret World of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Brainwashing #1/57

Contentsintroduction1 you are not a gentleman: the principles of influencea brush with a telephone scammer ~ the basic methods of confidence tricksters, cult recruiters, and other manipulators ~ exam…

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