Cults, Control, and the Machinery of Belonging
65% of ordinary people delivered what they believed were dangerous shocks under authority (Milgram). A clinician's field guide to how cults really work.
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65% of ordinary people delivered what they believed were dangerous shocks under authority (Milgram). A clinician's field guide to how cults really work.
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