On Cults

Mind control.  Yes, now you're thinking "Kevin has really gone off the deep end and will never come back."  Perhaps you are right, but just consider this for a moment.  Why do people say that religion and cults are for the weak-minded?  That is because for the most part it may be true.  Any type of organization that preys on people who are lonely (away from home), isolated (away from home), starving (away from home) and extremely tired (lack of sleep). 

Most people who are socially secure, not in want and generally well rested make rational decisions.  They don't have to be told what to wear, when to eat or what to think.  This is why child-rearing is so important.  When you take away that kind of support from a person, they tend to make really bad decisions about a lot of things and when they are extremely tired, they begin to give in mentally and just go with whatever is there so that they can survive.  That is very much like a drug addict who will do anything for the next fix.  In this case the next fix is to be included in the immediate community.

If you study why cults are so successful, it is because they isolate people, break down their self-esteem and then tire them out by depriving them of sleep.  Then they have the inductees recite mantras until they take root and in a few weeks, you have a bonafide cult member.  So how is this similar to the occupy wall street movement, college and torture. 

In the OWS movement, you have people who are living in a park that is not designed for living.  They spend practically 24 hours a day together, listening to the misguided drivel that comes out of anyone's mouth.  Although they have food, they have to stand for hours on end or sit on hard surfaces and then hear more of the "money is evil" mantra.  They are quite isolated.  You may argue that they get a lot of support, but that support doesn't come in socializing with different people, it comes from being together with people of the same mindset (like that of a cult).  So, here you have relatively young people who have been indoctrinated in the public eye and no one says a thing.  Why?  Because it's acceptable. 

How is college the same?  Again, you have similar conditions except with younger people who are looking for acceptance, away from home and sleep-deprived.  The universities are filled with teachers with a very liberal bias, and so, they are also indoctrinated in whatever their god-like professor tells them.  Again, the indoctrination of young people in the public eye..and it's PAID FOR.  Why?  Because it's acceptable.

Torture.  Everyone will agree that torture is bad.  Prisoners of War are in this same set of circumstances, although more extreme.  They are often pressured to give up information or even to say bad things about their own country.  We're not even talking about waterboarding or having them experience extreme pain.  Just simply depriving them of sleep, isolating them and starving them and they will say whatever they are told to say.

So, these so-called movements are nothing more than the indoctrination of young people who cannot think for themselves.  They present themselves as educated and intelligent people, but when you dig down, they just repeat the mantras that they have been imbued with.  Isn't it sad?