{"id":70,"date":"2020-01-27T00:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T00:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/204.48.22.247\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2020-01-27T01:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T01:08:27","slug":"singer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"SINGER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4><strong>Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., developed a list of the 6 Conditions for Thought Reform which produce optimal circumstances for creating a system of Coercive Persuasion (mind control\/brainwashing). &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c1. Keep the person unaware of &#8230;being changed&#8230;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;2. Control the person&#8217;s&#8230;environment; especially&#8230;time. (Cause them to) think about the group&#8230;as much of their waking time as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Systematically create a sense of powerlessness&#8230;and speak an in-group language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Manipulate&#8230; long prayer sessions or lectures, and lengthy meditation sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Manipulate &#8230; to feel that there is something inherently wrong with them to be questioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Put forth a closed system of logic and an authoritarian structure&#8230; The leaders must have verbal ways of never losing.\u201d (Singer, 1995) <sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor('footnote_plugin_reference_1');\">[1]<\/sup><span class=\"footnote_tooltip\" id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1\">Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., 1995<\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\tjQuery(\"#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1\").tooltip({\t\ttip: \"#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1\",\t\ttipClass: \"footnote_tooltip\",\t\teffect: \"fade\",\t\tfadeOutSpeed: 100,\t\tpredelay: 400,\t\tposition: \"top right\",\t\trelative: true,\t\toffset: [10, 10]\t});<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\">\t<p><span onclick=\"footnote_expand_reference_container();\">References<\/span><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[ <a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"cursor:pointer;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container();\">+<\/a> ]<\/span><\/p><\/div><div id=\"footnote_references_container\" style=\"\">\t<table class=\"footnote-reference-container\">\t\t<tbody>\t\t<tr>\t<td class=\"footnote_plugin_index\"><span id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_1\">1.<\/span><\/td>\t<td class=\"footnote_plugin_link\"><span onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor('footnote_plugin_tooltip_1');\">&#8593;<\/span><\/td>\t<td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., 1995<\/td><\/tr>\t\t<\/tbody>\t<\/table><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\tfunction footnote_expand_reference_container() {\t\tjQuery(\"#footnote_references_container\").show();        jQuery(\"#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\").text(\"-\");\t}    function footnote_collapse_reference_container() {        jQuery(\"#footnote_references_container\").hide();        jQuery(\"#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\").text(\"+\");    }\tfunction footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container() {\t\tif (jQuery(\"#footnote_references_container\").is(\":hidden\")) {            footnote_expand_reference_container();\t\t} else {            footnote_collapse_reference_container();\t\t}\t}    function footnote_moveToAnchor(p_str_TargetID) {        footnote_expand_reference_container();        var l_obj_Target = jQuery(\"#\" + p_str_TargetID);        if(l_obj_Target.length) {            jQuery('html, body').animate({                scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight\/2            }, 1000);        }    }<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D. Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., developed a list of the 6 Conditions for Thought Reform which produce optimal circumstances for creating a system of Coercive Persuasion (mind control\/brainwashing). &nbsp;&nbsp; \u201c1. 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