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For those who are interested: I recently read the book "Combatting Cult Mind Control" by Steven Hassan, a professional who also helps people leave cults. His a
by gwbas1c 11mo ago
For those who are interested:
I recently read the book "Combatting Cult Mind Control" by Steven Hassan, a professional who also helps people leave cults. His approach isn't as much of a "long game" as Ryan and Kelly's approach. One thing that Hassan explains is that MLMs are often very similar to cults, and he also explains the difference between cults and religion.
Another book to read is The Running Grave by Robert Galabraith (pen name for J.K. Rownling.) One of the detectives joins a cult to try and get someone out. The book is well researched and gives an insider's view of a cult.
- lawn 11mo agoSteven Hassan also wrote "The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control", which is very relevant today.
- lazyeye 11mo agoEither that or you lack the life experience, maturity and wisdom to accept that people can disagree with you without there being a conspiracy involved.
- 47282847 11mo agoAre you saying that after reading the book? Isn’t it pretty straightforward to review which methods are used, and discriminate based on these methods, without taking a position on the content/beliefs/political goals? My understanding is that cults share methods of manipulation and coercion.
- Refreeze5224 11mo agoYou specifically may not be in the Trump/MAGA cult, and there are others who simply do disagree, as you say. But there is undoubtedly a cult wing of MAGA. My mother is a member, and it checks every single box of cult behavior.
- lazyeye 11mo agoSure just as is the case for the Democrat party and any other sufficiently large political organisation. There are elements of the Democrat party that think it's rational to mutilate children for example. I'm not aware of any MAGA supporters with this level of brain-washing.
- tsunagatta 11mo ago> . . . mutilate children for example. I'm not aware of any MAGA supporters with this level of brain-washing. Really? I’m sure a large portion of the MAGA base supports circumcision.
- UltraSane 11mo agoYet you watch Trump and his cabinet members lie every day.
- UltraSane 11mo agoAren't a lot of Republicans now saying it is ok to have sex with 15 year old girls? EDIT: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/megyn-kelly-epstein-pedophilia-russell-brand/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/megyn-kelly-eps... Megyn Kelly Suddenly Finds Pedophilia Very Hard to Define When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now she’s splitting hairs about men “into the barely legal type.”
- rkomorn 11mo agoMaybe I'm too much of a left-winger and don't get enough right-wing content, but this would be news to me, unless you and I also have very different notions of what "a lot of republicans" means.
- UltraSane 11mo agohttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/megyn-kelly-epstein-pedophilia-russell-brand/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/megyn-kelly-eps... Megyn Kelly Suddenly Finds Pedophilia Very Hard to Define When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now she’s splitting hairs about men “into the barely legal type.”
- lawn 11mo agoThe author correctly asserts that you don't have to be in the cult to support Trump.
- pas 11mo ago> the difference between cults and religion sounds interesting, can you please summarize it, if possible?