Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · chapter 4 · id poor-charlies-almanack-c4-04-munger-identifies-cults-as-the

“Munger identifies cults as the most extreme example of lollapalooza effects, where multiple psychological tendencies combine to produce total behavioral control over members.”

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Zimbardo, 'Mind Control,' Monitor on Psychology (2002)FLAGGED: DOI not in registry

Cults use a systematic combination of social influence techniques that individually are ordinary but in combination produce extraordinary control.

Hassan, 'The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control' (2024)source alive

Destructive groups use Behavior control, Information control, Thought control, and Emotional control -- each mapping to multiple cognitive biases.

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