Ten warning signs of a potentially unsafe cult. Is /qresearch/ guilty of any of these?
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Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.
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No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.
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No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget, expenses such as an independently audited financial statement.
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Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.
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There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil.
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Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.
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There are records, books, news articles, or television programs that document the abuses of the group/leader.
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Followers feel they can never be "good enough".
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The group/leader is always right.
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The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.