Eight Marks of a Mind Control Cult

[Norquist Nemesis]

...from a 1990 reprint of the Bethel Ministries Newsletter and is written in reference to religion, but an interesting read nonetheless. There's certainly some similarities with the marks if one can view the Republican/Neo-conservative like a religion.

http://www.freeminds.org/psych/lifton.htm

Here's a sample:
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Doctrine Over Person
Human experience is subordinated to doctrine, no matter how profound or contradictory such experiences seem. The history of the cult is altered to fit their doctrinal logic. The person is only valuable insomuch as they conform to the role models of the cult. Commonsense perceptions are disregarded if they are hostile to the cult's ideology.
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(now to check out deprogramming instructions. :evilgrin: )