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There’s a bit in “The Vow” where the former NXIVM members try to explain to folks in a coffee shop that the cult followers were nice and it was to totally reasonable to join up, and the normals were like, “NAH. That was obviously a cult and you were nuts for not seeing it.”
in documentaries about cults somebody will be like "im a lawyer. there were doctors, engineers, etc. and we all fell into the cult. no one is immune, even the smartest people." but heres the thing. i would not fall into a cult. no fucking chance. get out of here with that.