Socrates:
No one said you have to leave.
But if you would rather leave than post within the guidelines of this board, that's certainly your choice to make.
Actually what you have said that is relevant to LGATs has already been covered within the writings of Margaret Singer, Robert Jay Lifton, Robert Cialdini and Richard Ofshe.
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These authors have produced a wealth of material on the subject of coercive persuasion and influence techniques.
There is no need to "reinvent the wheel," when such excellent material is readily available.
For a better understanding of how Lifton applies to LGATs there are papers produced by John Hocman, a forensic psychiatrist and Paul Martin a clinical psychologist.
The doctors critiqued an LGAT called NXIVM, which seems to be largely based upon Landmark Education.
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www.culteducation.com]
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In an apparent attempt to keep this information off the Internet NXIVM sued the Drs. Hochman, Martin and the Ross Institute.
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Your belief/comment that those who lack so-called "internal communication skills" somehow suffer from "'internal illiteracy' and are thus "vulnerable to external suggestion" is victim bashing.
It is also a mistaken belief.
And this can be seen by reading the previously mentioned material and related research.
It serves no useful purpose to blame those victimized by groups that use coercive persuasion for the harm done to them.
In a way your beliefs on this subject seem to be an extension of Landmark thinking, i.e. that whatever happens to you is your personal responsibility and there are no "victims."