A Response to Academics Who Say There Is No Undue Influence in Destructive Cults
June 28, 2018
The Influence Continuum graphic below describes my model for evaluating influence–from the healthy to the unhealthy. My BITE model offers a list of concerning practices that represent unhealthy mind control: Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control designed to create dependent and obedient slaves to a person or ideology.
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