Criticism and Response
The organization has also been accused by some ex-students and cult researchers for operating as a cult. Aesthetic Realism supporters have stated that the technique of the people attempting to discredit Aesthetic Realism is “1) find out what characteristics a cult is supposed to have, 2) then say Aesthetic Realism has them (though of course it doesn’t).”
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