Posted by lawyered up moo on November 04, 2003 at 15:29:24:
moo:
thinks it can not make a mistake and can not look at itself.
disallows any information not supporting the cause.
believes their cause so right and just its actions should never be questioned.
views competitors as jealous, evil, stupid, incompetent, when this is how they project themselves.
pressures those who stray from group to once again conform to their norms.
members do not speak up for fear of being excluded.
members do not speak up for fear of negative consequences, such as dear leader doing your wife.
pretend there is harmony when everyone knows that's not the case and they hate dear leader.
regionals take it upon themselves to tell others what they should be thinking.
those in small amounts of charge tell underlings, you can do what you want, but....
leaders espose an unquestioned belief in the group's morality - when the opposite is true, right and correct.
self-appoint mind-guards to report radical thought to the top.
allow HF to be their spokes-droid.