There appears to be a lot of confusion about the factors that go into
radical opinion change as done by totalitarian organizations. The
following url has a list of the eight factors for "thought reform" from
R. J. Lifton's "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism" with a
description of each.
http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/lifton_robert_thoughtreform.htm
Of course, Lifton is writing of the Chinese Communist program of
re-education, but if the shoe fits . . .
Ken Ragge
http://www.morerevealed.com/