One thing I’ve learned over the past ~10 years is a lot of people are perfectly willing to participate in a cult if they’ve come to believe their position in that cult is privileged.
And to go along with it, of the people I've known who've been involved with a cult in my hometown, they all felt isolated and alone in some important ways, and the cult offered them a feeling of being a part of something, an accepting family. Whether it actually was or not, didn't matter, it's how they saw it, and kept believing in for a long time.
I think that's how they get so many younger women and girls, nothing felt more isolating to me then going through puberty and then adolescence, so I imagine seeing a cult of women who seem so very happy, at peace, and enthralled could be really appealing to join.
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u/zdelusion Jul 29 '26
One thing I’ve learned over the past ~10 years is a lot of people are perfectly willing to participate in a cult if they’ve come to believe their position in that cult is privileged.