Personal Responsibility in Scientology
How do cults like the Church of Scientology convince their members that all the abuses and nonsense they have to experience is actually their fault… Read More »Personal Responsibility in Scientology
Chris Shelton
Multilevel Marketing Schemes are Cults
Multilevel marketing companies use every single tool in the Cult Leader’s Playbook to deceive and rip off every one of their members, sometimes ruining their… Read More »Multilevel Marketing Schemes are Cults
Hubbard’s Paranoid Final Years
Over the last years of his life, L. Ron Hubbard lost his mind and got a lot of help from in running Scientology through his… Read More »Hubbard’s Paranoid Final Years
Banning Cults Doesn’t Work
One solution a lot of people think will shut down cults is banning them or making them illegal. While there are certainly things cults do… Read More »Banning Cults Doesn’t Work
The Cult of Trump
I was invited to A Tippling Philosopher’s YouTube channel to discuss cults, how they work and the cult of personality that has built up around… Read More »The Cult of Trump
The Cult Leader’s Playbook
Given how we see the same kinds of things from one cult to the next, is there really a cult leader’s playbook that they learn… Read More »The Cult Leader’s Playbook