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Bradshaw3

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4. I would also recommend The Vow on HBO

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:48 PM

Jan 2021

About the NXIVM cult, which was mostly made up of smart, educated and successful people. That included tv actors and the daughter of another actor and member of a royal house. I have to admit the con man at the top was good at it - partly I think because he like drumpf is a sociopath. But several of them ended up asking themselves how they could have fallen for it.

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Wondering how intelligent people become brainwashed members of a violent cult? [View all] Amaryllis Jan 2021 OP

Bookmark for later yardwork Jan 2021 #1

Been thinking about this a lot leighbythesea2 Jan 2021 #2

Also recommended: The Brainwashing of My Dad by Jen Senko no_hypocrisy Jan 2021 #3

I would also recommend The Vow on HBO Bradshaw3 Jan 2021 #4

THanks. Will check it out. Amaryllis Jan 2021 #5

Bill Maher has a great comparison between Trump and the NXIVM cult leader: Initech Jan 2021 #11

K & R for visibility Celerity Jan 2021 #6

I don't think susceptibility to propaganda is correlated with IQ. nt. Mariana Jan 2021 #7

I dont either. THat's my point. I keep seeing people on DU referring to Trump supporters as Amaryllis Jan 2021 #9

With the Trump supporters, there is a huge religious element Mariana Jan 2021 #12

That is discussed in the interview. Amaryllis Jan 2021 #13

If you only hear propaganda you'll eventually believe it lettucebe Jan 2021 #8

Right. A fox news watcher who is not a stupid person once told me that she only watched Fox because Amaryllis Jan 2021 #10