apocalyptic religious cult

Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995

A Japanese apocalyptic religious movement evaluated at the year of the Tokyo subway sarin attack. It scores at the floor because charismatic religious control, chemical attack planning, murder, secrecy, and coercive identity formation were central rather than incidental.

Why this matters: Aum is a bottom-anchor for religious high-control organization turning into mass violence.

Letter grade F Malignant High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 14, 2026

Final Score -90* F - Malignant

FMALIGNANT-90 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material2

Bonus+0

Cap35Ownership <= 2 and Governance <= 2

After Cap2

Penalties-92

Policy Capture: L for Lobbying

The L badge appears when the Policy Capture penalty is severe. Here, L stands for Lobbying: the policy-capture value is -8, meaning the evidence indicates major private-interest lobbying or policy pressure against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, democratic accountability, or ecological life.

Evidence: [14]

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Evaluation Overview

F - Malignant

The score turns mainly on Scale Integrity, with the largest penalty coming from Coercive Violence.

Strengths

Scale Integrity2/5
Ownership0/10
Governance0/10

Penalties

Coercive Violence-30
Human Harm-20
Policy Capture-8
Reversibility-5

Evidence state

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims21
Direct axis claims21
Coverage21/21

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	0 / 10	No Ownership value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 gave ordinary adherents, victims, or affected outsiders no real ownership control over the institution. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	0 / 10	No Governance value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 concentrated rule in religious, ideological, military, or charismatic authority rather than democratic affected-stakeholder governance. [2]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	0 / 10	No Extraction value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 extracted labor, obedience, territory, property, money, or life chances from adherents or outsiders under coercive authority. [3]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	0 / 7	No Labor Sovereignty value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 subordinated ordinary work, obedience, family life, or bodily autonomy to institutional command. [4]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	0 / 7	No Solidarity Unemployed value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 treated outsiders, dissenters, apostates, enemies, or weak members as expendable rather than as people owed solidarity. [5]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	0 / 7	No Loss Bearing Fidelity value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 shifted loss onto members, victims, outsiders, or targeted communities rather than bearing institutional cost for repair. [6]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	0 / 5	No Market Conduct value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 controlled participation through coercion, fear, identity, territory, or salvation claims rather than fair exchange. [7]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	0 / 5	No Product Integrity value is applied to Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 on the current record. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's institutional output degraded into domination, fear, or violence rather than reliable spiritual or public benefit. [8]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	2 / 5	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 sits at 2 on Scale Integrity because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's growth magnified coercion because scale expanded institutional reach over victims, adherents, or territory.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's growth magnified coercion because scale expanded institutional reach over victims, adherents, or territory. [9]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Reversibility ? Applied when positive conduct depends on current living leaders, founders, family owners, or other person-contingent governance rather than durable structure. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -5 on Reversibility because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or discretionary… Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -5 on Reversibility because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or discretionary institutional practice rather than locked affected-stakeholder control.. The value is calibrated against nearby religious institutions rather than against unrelated commercial firms, so ordinary belief or worship is not treated as the offense. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or discretionary institutional practice rather than locked affected-stakeholder control. [10]
Human Harm ? Severity, scale, culpability, vulnerable targets, willful reoffense, reputation laundering, pattern escalation, and time decay. Range: -20 to 0.	-20	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -20 on Human Harm because aum Shinrikyo carried out the Tokyo subway sarin attack and other violent crimes, making lethal harm central to the institution's historical evaluation.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo carried out the Tokyo subway sarin attack and other violent crimes, making lethal harm central to the institution's historical evaluation. [11]
Coercive Violence ? Direct or institutionally enabled killing, torture, detention abuse, armed repression, forced displacement, violent domination, or nonconsensual crisis-line emergency escalation that exposes callers to confinement or force. Range: -30 to 0.	-30	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -30 on Coercive Violence because aum Shinrikyo used chemical weapons against civilians, placing it at the floor for Coercive Violence alongside armed and terror organizations.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo used chemical weapons against civilians, placing it at the floor for Coercive Violence alongside armed and terror organizations. [12]
Ecological Harm ? Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.	-3	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -3 on Ecological Harm because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's ordinary institutional footprint is not central enough to drive Ecological Harm compared with fossil, chemical, war, or industrial-agriculture cases.. Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -3 on Ecological Harm because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's ordinary institutional footprint is not central enough to drive Ecological Harm compared with fossil, chemical, war, or industrial-agriculture cases.. The value is calibrated against nearby religious institutions rather than against unrelated commercial firms, so ordinary belief or worship is not treated as the offense. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's ordinary institutional footprint is not central enough to drive Ecological Harm compared with fossil, chemical, war, or industrial-agriculture cases. [13]
Policy Capture ? Private-interest attempts to bend law, regulation, subsidies, taxes, enforcement, trade, labor, safety, competition, environmental, healthcare, housing, surveillance, civil-liberties, or consumer policy against workers, customers, citizens, affected communities, or ecological life. Public-interest advocacy is not penalized merely because it is lobbying. Range: -15 to 0.	-8	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -8 on Policy Capture because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 sought or exercised rule over law, territory, public order, or civic life through religious or ideological command.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 sought or exercised rule over law, territory, public order, or civic life through religious or ideological command. [14]
Toxic Products ? Current sale of products whose ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. Food products receive at least light scrutiny for artificial colors, artificial flavors, petro-derived additives, pesticide residues, contaminants, endocrine-disrupting packaging, and ultra-processed formulation. Ordinary adult nightlife or alcohol service is not penalized by itself without evidence of predatory marketing, youth targeting, addiction-extractive design, or unusual product-safety misconduct. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -5 on Toxic Products because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's core activity is not the sale of toxic, addictive, or materially unsafe products.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's core activity is not the sale of toxic, addictive, or materially unsafe products. [15]
Youth Capture ? Manipulative youth-directed marketing, youth-data or attention monetization, collectible/add-on traps, parasocial or identity capture, surprise mechanics, or treating young people as lower-disclosure consumers. Making useful toys or welcoming children is not itself penalized. Range: -5 to 0.	-4	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -4 on Youth Capture because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 serves or forms young people through religious education, youth ministry, schools, family culture, or… Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -4 on Youth Capture because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 serves or forms young people through religious education, youth ministry, schools, family culture, or identity formation; the scoring depends on whether that work becomes manipulative capture.. The value is calibrated against nearby religious institutions rather than against unrelated commercial firms, so ordinary belief or worship is not treated as the offense. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 serves or forms young people through religious education, youth ministry, schools, family culture, or identity formation; the scoring depends on whether that work becomes manipulative capture. [16]
Unilateral Terms ? Non-negotiable clickthrough or adhesion terms that turn ordinary customer, user, subscriber, patient, tenant, or public-facing access into a one-sided contract, especially forced arbitration, class-action or mass-action waivers, unilateral modification, venue restrictions, broad indemnity, account termination discretion, or essential-service access conditioned on unreadable terms. Range: -5 to 0.	-5	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -5 on Unilateral Terms because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's members, staff, clergy, or service recipients may face institution-set rules, covenants, or moral terms that are not negotiated individually.. Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -5 on Unilateral Terms because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's members, staff, clergy, or service recipients may face institution-set rules, covenants, or moral terms that are not negotiated individually.. The value is calibrated against nearby religious institutions rather than against unrelated commercial firms, so ordinary belief or worship is not treated as the offense. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's members, staff, clergy, or service recipients may face institution-set rules, covenants, or moral terms that are not negotiated individually. [17]
Accountability Opacity ? Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.	-2	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -2 on Accountability Opacity because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's internal authority, violence, abuse, or decision-making was opaque to affected people and outsiders.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's internal authority, violence, abuse, or decision-making was opaque to affected people and outsiders. [18]
Identity Capture ? Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation. Range: -3 to 0.	-3	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -3 on Identity Capture because aum Shinrikyo fused apocalyptic doctrine, guru authority, secrecy, and group discipline into extreme identity capture.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo fused apocalyptic doctrine, guru authority, secrecy, and group discipline into extreme identity capture. [19]
Surveillance Capture ? Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.	-4	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -4 on Surveillance Capture because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 used fear, informant dynamics, internal discipline, or coercive monitoring rather than open civic accountability.. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 used fear, informant dynamics, internal discipline, or coercive monitoring rather than open civic accountability. [20]
Ideological Disavowal ? Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.	-3	Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -3 on Ideological Disavowal because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 justified domination as sacred truth, purity, salvation, order, or necessity rather than admitting institutional interest and coercion.. Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 is penalized at -3 on Ideological Disavowal because aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 justified domination as sacred truth, purity, salvation, order, or necessity rather than admitting institutional interest and coercion.. The value is calibrated against nearby religious institutions rather than against unrelated commercial firms, so ordinary belief or worship is not treated as the offense. Calibration notes Comparative anchor: Major religious institutions pass calibrated across hierarchical churches, high-control movements, humanitarian religious nonprofits, religious nationalism, cultic violence, and historical religious-state coercion. Linked evidence Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 justified domination as sacred truth, purity, salvation, order, or necessity rather than admitting institutional interest and coercion. [21]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

High 91/100

21 verified linked claims 21 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 21/21 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 20/20

21 verified linked claims

Source quality 18/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 14/18

21 direct claims across 21 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 14, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 10/10

21/21 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

1Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 gave ordinary adherents, victims, or affected outsiders no real ownership control over the institution.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

2Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 concentrated rule in religious, ideological, military, or charismatic authority rather than democratic affected-stakeholder governance.

Governance Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

3Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 extracted labor, obedience, territory, property, money, or life chances from adherents or outsiders under coercive authority.

Extraction Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

4Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 subordinated ordinary work, obedience, family life, or bodily autonomy to institutional command.

Labor Sovereignty Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

5Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 treated outsiders, dissenters, apostates, enemies, or weak members as expendable rather than as people owed solidarity.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

6Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 shifted loss onto members, victims, outsiders, or targeted communities rather than bearing institutional cost for repair.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

7Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 controlled participation through coercion, fear, identity, territory, or salvation claims rather than fair exchange.

Market Conduct Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

8Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's institutional output degraded into domination, fear, or violence rather than reliable spiritual or public benefit.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

9Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's growth magnified coercion because scale expanded institutional reach over victims, adherents, or territory.

Scale Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

10Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's positive conduct depends on present leadership, doctrine, boards, religious culture, or discretionary institutional practice rather than locked affected-stakeholder control.

Reversibility Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

11Aum Shinrikyo carried out the Tokyo subway sarin attack and other violent crimes, making lethal harm central to the institution's historical evaluation.

Human Harm Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

12Aum Shinrikyo used chemical weapons against civilians, placing it at the floor for Coercive Violence alongside armed and terror organizations.

Coercive Violence Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

13Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's ordinary institutional footprint is not central enough to drive Ecological Harm compared with fossil, chemical, war, or industrial-agriculture cases.

Ecological Harm Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

14Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 sought or exercised rule over law, territory, public order, or civic life through religious or ideological command.

Policy Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

15Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's core activity is not the sale of toxic, addictive, or materially unsafe products.

Toxic Products Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

16Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 serves or forms young people through religious education, youth ministry, schools, family culture, or identity formation; the scoring depends on whether that work becomes manipulative capture.

Youth Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

17Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's members, staff, clergy, or service recipients may face institution-set rules, covenants, or moral terms that are not negotiated individually.

Unilateral Terms Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

18Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995's internal authority, violence, abuse, or decision-making was opaque to affected people and outsiders.

Accountability Opacity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

19Aum Shinrikyo fused apocalyptic doctrine, guru authority, secrecy, and group discipline into extreme identity capture.

Identity Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

20Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 used fear, informant dynamics, internal discipline, or coercive monitoring rather than open civic accountability.

Surveillance Capture Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

21Aum Shinrikyo @ 1995 justified domination as sacred truth, purity, salvation, order, or necessity rather than admitting institutional interest and coercion.

Ideological Disavowal Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 14, 2026

AI scaffold

Britannica: AUM ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%
FBI: Tokyo subway sarin attackPrimary public record · 100%
Japan Public Security Intelligence Agency: Aum ShinrikyoGeneral web source · 58%

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