Has someone ever told you not the drink the Kool- Aid before a party? Here’s why! Have you ever wondered how cult leaders control their followers and what type of followers they target? I anticipate that if the situation is distressing enough, without any clear way out, the average person can surrender to the appalling pressures of brainwashing. With this theory in mind, I believe they prey on the weak minded individuals seeing that they are easier to manipulate. There are four ways cult leaders dominate their followers; deception, isolation, encourage dependency, and fear. Although there are many ways cults like to control and pick out their followers, most choose weak minded individuals who will depend on their leaders.
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All members must be submissive to their leaders. They are told what to do and when to do it. Leaders often like to make their followers feeling worthless and always in the wrong to keep them off-balance and confused. They are frequently admonished for not submitting to the leaders. Also, to keep followers at grasp they often praise and chastise the members for no reason to keep them unassertive. Additionally, “The member may be pressured to publicly confess sins, after which he is viciously ridiculed by the group for being evil and unworthy. He is loved again when he acknowledges that his devotion to the cult is the only thing that will bring him salvation.” …show more content…
Step one is Identify A Potential Recruit, most cults target the young adults who are going through emotional trauma or have access to money or have useful skills (doctors, soldiers, ect..). Step two is Persuade The Recruit To Walk Into The Web, leaders often use church, therapy sessions, self-help groups ect… to convince you that you need help, and they are the ones who can provide it to you. Step three: Love Bombing, the often use “flirty fishing”, form of evangelistic religious prostitution, and a gush endearment, assent, and comfort to reel in (pun intended) their followers. Additionally, step four: SELL, SELL, SELL!, the newcomer will see cheerful, smiling, and neighborly followers and keep inviting the newcomer until they feel like they are a part of the family. After this, the nails come out and they stop babying the newcomer. Step five: Tough Love, this step is where the four ways leaders dominate their followers come in. They encourage dependency, isolation, deception, and fear. Then they introduce step six: Renouncing Loved Ones, newcomers are often convinced to reject and disown their family to more isolate them. The seventh step is The Introduction To Core Beliefs. Most members wait years till they learn the entire doctrine so they get exceedingly infused in the organization. Then comes the last step, step eight: Zero Tolerance Of Criticism: this is where fear indoctrination comes in most.
Most importantly, …show more content…
All members must be submissive to their leaders. They are told what to do and when to do it. Leaders often like to make their followers feeling worthless and always in the wrong to keep them off-balance and confused. They are frequently admonished for not submitting to the leaders. Also, to keep followers at grasp they often praise and chastise the members for no reason to keep them unassertive. Additionally, “The member may be pressured to publicly confess sins, after which he is viciously ridiculed by the group for being evil and unworthy. He is loved again when he acknowledges that his devotion to the cult is the only thing that will bring him salvation.” …show more content…
Step one is Identify A Potential Recruit, most cults target the young adults who are going through emotional trauma or have access to money or have useful skills (doctors, soldiers, ect..). Step two is Persuade The Recruit To Walk Into The Web, leaders often use church, therapy sessions, self-help groups ect… to convince you that you need help, and they are the ones who can provide it to you. Step three: Love Bombing, the often use “flirty fishing”, form of evangelistic religious prostitution, and a gush endearment, assent, and comfort to reel in (pun intended) their followers. Additionally, step four: SELL, SELL, SELL!, the newcomer will see cheerful, smiling, and neighborly followers and keep inviting the newcomer until they feel like they are a part of the family. After this, the nails come out and they stop babying the newcomer. Step five: Tough Love, this step is where the four ways leaders dominate their followers come in. They encourage dependency, isolation, deception, and fear. Then they introduce step six: Renouncing Loved Ones, newcomers are often convinced to reject and disown their family to more isolate them. The seventh step is The Introduction To Core Beliefs. Most members wait years till they learn the entire doctrine so they get exceedingly infused in the organization. Then comes the last step, step eight: Zero Tolerance Of Criticism: this is where fear indoctrination comes in most.