jon atack, family & friends | Robert Jay Lifton's "eight deadly sins" of thought control @jonatackfamilyfriends6176 | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Spike joins Jon to break down a seminal model of thought control - Robert Jay Lifton's classic "eight deadly sins" - a list of behaviors and tactics used by authoritarian groups and abusive predators to gain control, whether in a spiritual or philosophical group, a multi-level marketing scheme, a dysfunctional family, or an entire nation. First laid out in Robert Jay Lifton's excellent book "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism", these eight points can be found in some form in most authoritarian groups and abusive relationships of all kinds and sizes.
1:23 Intro and history
12:11 milieu control
17:20 loading the language
29:13 mystical manipulation
37:42 sacred science
54:02 demand for purity
1:02:46 cult of confession
1:20:27 doctrine over person
1:31:42 dispensing of existence
1:43:16 conclusion
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Spike joins Jon to break down a seminal model of thought control - Robert Jay Lifton's classic "eight deadly sins" - a list of behaviors and tactics used by authoritarian groups and abusive predators to gain control, whether in a spiritual or philosophical group, a multi-level marketing scheme, a dysfunctional family, or an entire nation. First laid out in Robert Jay Lifton's excellent book "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism", these eight points can be found in some form in most authoritarian groups and abusive relationships of all kinds and sizes.
1:23 Intro and history
12:11 milieu control
17:20 loading the language
29:13 mystical manipulation
37:42 sacred science
54:02 demand for purity
1:02:46 cult of confession
1:20:27 doctrine over person
1:31:42 dispensing of existence
1:43:16 conclusion
_______________
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paypal (for one-time donations) : paypal.com/paypalme/jonatackandfriends
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follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/atack_jon
and Instagram: instagram.com/openmindstoday
for respectful, insightful, and engaging discussion on coercive control, manipulation, abusive groups and individuals, and more, join our facebook group: facebook.com/groups/803202686721445 (for faster acceptance to the group, please answer the “prove you’re not a ‘bot” questions)
