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The dependence is twofold. First there is ideological dependence,
subjection to the cult’s thought; then there is sociological dependence,
stemming from the membership in a new groups, which becomes a protective refuge, a substitute family where complicity takes over, unifying
the disciples while cutting them off from society even more. Here you
can see a very real similarity to groups of drug-users.
The third phase is the progressive increase in the constraints applied
and the submission that results, with no chance of exit. At this stage the
initiate is dependent on the cult, cut off from society at large, and psychologically and physically bound by obligations that deprive him of his freewill and of all social and economic freedom. This process is in every respect parallel to that of addiction and drug dependency; in the same way,
it leads to the complete subjection of the individual. "
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