> it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. I'm fairly certain that's the point. Makes you think if rescuing someone from a cult

> it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. I'm fairly certain that's the point. Makes you think if rescuing someone from a cult isn't just switching them to a different cult that happens to be widely accepted. Once you have that thought, then it leads to thinking about what defines a cult and why deprogramming is not the same as indoctrination.