I have seen various cultic entities, pyramid schemes especially, in which they lack an overt charismatic leadership or perhaps their leadership does not exist in such a public view. I've also seen some subpar cults who have cultic devotion but their leaders don't necessarily scream "Charismatic". Any thoughts about this?
Forum: Coercive Persuasion and Undue Influence

From reading websites like this and other similar places, it feels like that cults are truly everywhere in society. So I ask this question, is it really that easy to make a cult? It is a fact that a cult requires a Charismatic Leader, how much charisma is charismatic enough? If a person has strong conviction with any belief system is that enough for him to make a cult around it? I have met
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