I am in no way saying that I think people who get trapped in cults are or were ever stupid (not sure if it comes across that way at all, but I wanted to make that very clear), rather I know there’s some bananas psychological methodology to coercing people into them and I’d very much like to know the breakdown of it.
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It meets emotional needs you may or may not be aware you have. Belonging, approval, love, an ingroup (and an outgroup), and so on.
On a side note, it’s worth perusing the [BITE Model of Control](https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/) to understand how cults work.
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