(Europeans call cults "sects," or "sectes.")
.....* In France, the government (through the Interministerial Mission for Awareness against Sectarian Risks [1] (http://www.miviludes.gouv.fr/)) has classified Landmark Education as a secte (cult). (Some dispute this classification.)
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In September 2004 Landmark Education filed a one million USD suit against the Rick A. Ross Institute, claiming that the Institute's online archives do damage to its (Landmark's) product.
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Detractors have associated Landmark with psychological multi-level
marketing, "cult"-like behaviour, brainwashing and hypnotism. In
France, Landmark Education has been filed as a cult by the State
(through the Interministerial Mission for Awareness against Sectarian
Risks [1] ).
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Various observers have associated Landmark with one or more of: psychological multi-level marketing, "cult"-like behaviour, brainwashing, ruthless opportunism, amoral nihilism and exploitative hypnotism (whereas supporters sometimes attempt to paint such suggestions as vague and/or ill-informed).
Ellen