Check on your magats.
* 1) Absolute authoritarianism without accountability
* 2) Zero tolerance for criticism or questions
* 3) Lack of meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget
* 4)Unreasonable fears about the outside world that often involve evil conspiracies and persecutions
* 5) A belief that former followers are always wrong for leaving and there is never a legitimate reason for anyone else to leave
6) Abuse of members
* 7) Records, books, articles, or programs documenting the abuses of the leader or group
8) Followers feeling they are never able to be “good enough”
* 9) A belief that the leader is right at all times
* 10)A belief that the leader is the exclusive means of knowing “truth” or giving validation