I imagine we've all had the experience of meeting such magnetic personalities, but probably only a tiny percentage have met an actual cult leader.
Lol and you didn't read the blog post apparently
If you wouldn’t mind sharing what you found most interesting while reading the books you mentioned.
I think that most of our 'great leaders' (good one's) that we look up to, flirt with this mindset for periods of time in their lives.
Not all cult leaders maintain their disposition after being arrested.
The author was fairly concise actually in identifying core attributes, and especially with the meta cognition bit.
I still find them fascinating, because they tend to exist in interesting environments. It's like going to Africa, but not wanting to see any lions.
What's wrong with this blog post is that the author does not seem to have read any books at all on the subject, which IMO is fairly irresponsible considering how much there is to read about it and how critical it is that "cult behavior" is widely understood in order for society to progress. Seems to be off the cuff musings about the topic, alarmingly even considering that some "cult leaders" are "good" (no) or that they can be "reformed" (irrelevant, but also REALLY doubtful considering what it means to be a cult leader; cult leaders generally remain such leaders well after they've been sentenced to prison for decades, their followers show up to visit, etc., there is no "reform" here, sorry), and overall a lot of muddy, uninformed and made-up thinking that will only get more people into cults.