Caution the post you are about to read may anger you, it also may make you think. The substance of this post is derived from an article that appeared in ‘RollingStone’ magazine. I have read many articles similar to this as of late. In a soul searching effort. I still do not know where this research will land me. Before I get to the rest of the post a quote from a song by Simon and Garfunkel.
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
To me this verse simply states there it was in plain sight, everyone seeing it, thinking it, hearing it, writing about it. But no one dares break the silence. Why… for fear of repercussions, for fear of blacklisting, for fear of being ostracized, for fear of being alone. If fear is keeping you where you are, causing you to be silent and not question, you should speak, you should leave.
Now the source for my post is here : https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/what-is-cult-hopping-nxivm-dos-838750/
the following is an excerpt from the article which and some what edited but the base of what is being said remains
Those who leave cults on their own most often do so because they’ve had a bad experience with the group, perhaps observing something that violates their own ethics, or inconsistencies between the leader’s behavior and his teachings. But contrary to what you might expect, from the perspective of a former cult member, having one bad experience with a cult does not necessarily reflect on cult-like organizations as a whole.
Former members may be disillusioned with that specific group, but open to the next one because they think, ‘Of course that group didn’t have the truth. This one does.’
But the main reason why cult-hopping is so prevalent stems from an extremely common (and incorrect) assumption about cult members: that they’re inherently naive or poorly educated or vulnerable to being duped. On the contrary most people who become involved in cults come from middle-class or upper-middle-class backgrounds and have higher than average IQs. They also tend to have a history of becoming attracted to social justice movements and causes. We’re talking about people who want to change the world, who want to do something productive. It isn’t until it’s too late that they realize the only person whose life they’re improving is their leader.
When we hear stories about cults, we tend to assume that they exist separate of us and our own communities; we tend to think that we would never be so naive as to succumb to the wiles of a charismatic leader selling us salvation or love or self-empowerment. But the truth is that anyone could be vulnerable to cult influence at a certain point in their lives, typically during a stage of transition, when they’ve just lost their job or had a child or experienced a bad breakup. The primary cause of cult membership is bad luck.
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