Would you compare Sora’s upbringing to growing up in a cult?

I know Beatrix’s reign over Imperium is meant to be a totalitarian/fascist regime, but Sora’s backstory also reminded me eerily of the type of environment children grow up in when they’re raised by cults. Sora’s disillusionment with Beatrix and alienation from her family due to their complete refusal to question the empress’s public narrative evokes a similar sense to those who deconstruct their blind faith in cult ideology, and how that can result in them losing connection with their family...