Annette J there all very comforting & very loving at first, but as soon as you you are seen as an outsider or coming out your absolutely distraught or cast out like he or they never knew you
At first, I thought about how I would never fall into the trap of joining a cult but then I remembered when I hit rock bottom and felt so hopeless; I converted to a new religion/ adopted new beliefs from that religion. I learned all of it through the internet and reliable sources and I thought if someone/ a group had come up to me instead to introduce me to those beliefs/ religion and asked me to join their cult I 100% would have joined.
Its surprising and scary how many people are susceptible to cults. This is why being a critical and objective thinker is so important. It can’t be stressed enough.
Its not just education though. Cults are precise in their slow envelopment of an individual's life. They use like minded opinions and generous gestures to give people a feeling of belonging integrating these new victims into their warped society.
I watched Midsommar recently and until the first ritual I kept thinking *“I hope I never stumble across a cult like this because I just might join them”*
Bruh if they were just playing on the field i would be like there's no wrong but then they purposely want to make me a may queen i would get the heck outta there
“It’s not Jim Jones and the people it’s 970 people & that other guy.” Wow, what healing must have taken place to get to that place. I commend her and definitely wish her (and the other survivors) continued striving for healing and joy
I met a friend at a bar who played piano and told me he’s into Scientology and it unfortunately really turned me off to his vibe. We were really getting along, talking about gigging, becoming go-getters and whatnot and then he told me that and I got a complete different sense of motive for his conversations with me. He didn’t care about me getting gigs, he wanted me to become a Scientologist.
The UK has a vile social commentator (Katie Hopkins) who famously declared that she didn't let her children play with those who had geographical names as they were evidently from the wrong side of the tracks. The irony being... One of her children is called India!
I personally can't stand his voice. You can tell he's just reading a script that someone else wrote, and that he's not naturally that intelligent. He sounds really fake to me.
You have not explained "Why?" People become a part of cults. I think, it's an emptiness... spiritual emptiness, emotional emptiness or social emptiness which drives a human to slide towards a cult which offers to fill that void...
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Man I've almost joined like 3 cults. It's not that crazy actually. Everyone is usually really nice and its a cool loving environment at first. Then they start talking about recruiting and want you to basically give up your life for their cause and then that's usually when I realize what's going on.
You're lucky you wriggled out of it in time. I had a meal -- they recruited me on the sidewalk -- with a group that turned out to be Moonies. I thanked them, saw their propaganda presentation, and went home.
@Josh Traffanstedt It's exactly like that. They even said in the video cult leaders are narcisstic sociopaths. They fit the criteria perfectly. Charismatic, controlling, manipulative, grandiose sense of self, excessive need for admiration. People fall for narcissts and narcisstic sociopaths all the time. Most don't realise people can do nice things and appear to be good people but actually turn out to be absolute monsters. We also don't actually know anyone at all if we haven't known them very long at all
Im sorry I couldnt help but ask, are they the cult ur referring to by any chance wanted you to join any polygamous situation and claim to offer you an everlasting reward in heaven? I once join a religious organization but Im having second thoughts if they are a manipulative cult or not :)
I just saw the name of the denomination I grew up in on the list from the USA. I paused and went on a multi hour search through articles. It all makes sense now. Everything I thought was insane and extreme growing up in Pentecostal churches now makes sense. Me thinking speaking in tongues and seeing demons was real leading to my love of paranormal fiction. My extended family cutting me off when I left, to the point that non of them have checked in on me to make sure I’m okay since my mother’s (still in the cult) recent death. The weird compulsions I have to fight to act, dress, etc. My feeling like sex is owed to a partner even when unwanted, but still feeling like the act itself is violating me even when I want it, feeling guilty for lusting for my husband (I am currently married). I grew up in a cult. And, now I can’t stop crying and I think I need therapy.
Damn my heart goes out to you. It's an unlearning process, it may take time, but you can heal and unlearn all those things taught to you. I wish you well.
Same my mum's a narcissts. All cult leaders are narcissts. People can't make the connection between narcisstic abuse and cults even after it's known cult leaders are narcissts. A narcisstic family is it's own type of cult with a narcisstic figure head at top. A lot of people get fooled by a narcissists fake persona and by the time they figure out they got fooled they're living in the narcissts fantasy world they either submit themselves to it or have to find away to escape. I had a cult yesterday try recruit me with the "God loves you, he's here for you and trust me he understands" then handed me a card about their meeting. They had the same brainwashed faces and glazed eyes you see on the faces of most members of every single cult. Cults are a lot easier to spot them most people realise. If you meet overly friendly people who's group can give you "the answers you're looking for" I mean make the obvious connection.
When you're thinking that, it's likely someone not showing these traits comes along, and still is abusive, just packaged completely different. From an outward, violent narcissist to a covered narc, they all have similar traits, but you could not see it, until it's too late...
I recommend a book called Warlike & Peaceful Societies: The Interaction of Genes & Culture. It has a lot to say about the psychology behind this type of behaviour.
This was terrifyingly accurate…sending love and hugs to all who have been involved in a cult and managed to get out. Everyday is a struggle so we have to do our best to keep fighting so hopefully other cult members can open their eyes
I agree. I was in a cult. At a young age, they put me in a school to learn how to become a productive peg in a top-down run organization that taught me what to believe and that they, the leaders were in place to serve me. It took years but I finally realized my education, the many group social initiations, and the claim they were here to serve me, it was all a lie. They blinded me of the truth, that I am soul & spirit 1st, mind & body 2nd. They'd drugged my mind and body with harmful chemicals, excessive sugar was routinely buried in my food. While they gave me back much of what I earned in a week, I had little choice but to spend it within the system I had been raised to serve. I didn't really spend it, I just gave it back. I got out of that cult and now live a life of LOVE - LAUGHTER - & LISTENING. Love for the morning star, laughter as a way to cleanse reality, & listening, listening to my own inner cult. I pray for the other members of this cult that they would wake up and realize their living in modern-day mind-numbing soul suppressing slavery. That cult even had a cool-aid company. No shame. ✌P*E*A*C*E✌
Facebook as well. That Teal Swan woman has a Facebook group called Teal Tribe and it's a bunch of lost and suicidal people clawing at each other for attention, especially for Teal's attention.
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Oh! Do not join a cult. Life is beautiful. You don't need any person or group to boss you around. Play some music and be happy. Blue Collar Lit. ------------------------
That’s like saying “addiction and overdoses fascinate me, so much that I actually considered getting on heroin.” Or “grizzly bears fascinate me so much I actually considered poking one with a stick.”
"my survival instinct had not been crushed". I think for me that sums up what I love the most about humanity, this drive towards life and survival and vitality. In my opinion that's the basic thing that distinguishes a cult from a healthy group: does it encourage the impulse towards life, autonomy or freedom, or does it try to crush it?
Saeed Khan I agree, but I have a question, does this imply that these religions are still cults? Because I want to know if people are saying this and implying that religions don't operate like cults because the leader is dead or are they implying that there is really no difference at all between religions and cults?
@@user-bv9oi8bx7n there is a difference a line in religion what is worshiped is usually god(s) and the prophet or founder is dead but in a cult they either worship a demonic being and follow stuff that they already know and accept that they're evil and immoral Or one person or group of people that they believe will make society better or create a utopia and then end up suiciding or practicing illegal retuals and throw there money to them
My off-campus sorority ticks off every point on this list. I was traumatized for years. The last three, the ones that help you leave, is what happened and how I finally left. Cults are everywhere.
A cult should be defined as a belief system that is compulsory in nature with zealous followers where punishments for disobedience are cruel or unusual.
@@Dog-Girl-Defect There would be organizations that associate themselves with religions that would be considered cults, yes. That's kind if the point though. Some cults associate themselves with established religions to make themselves seem legitimate. What we need to do is base the definition of a cult as one of experience, and the definition I propose does that.
@@AllergicToMakeBelieve Are you getting your PhD in Clinical psychology? No? Then you have no business telling people they are delusional! If you are, you should be kicked out of your program! You aren't omniscient. You don't know what's the nature of Reality. And if someone has an experience of angels or spirits, you can't say "your experience isn't real." For context, I am getting my graduate degree in psychology. I know the DSM criteria for delusional disorder. And psychologists usually reserve it for extreme cases like when you think someone loves you, but they have a restraining order against you. Disorders have to have: disfunction, distress, deviance, and danger. Believing elves sit on your shoulder isn't a delusional DISORDER, unless it's getting in the way of functioning, causing distress to yourself, or hurting others. Any idiot can read through the DSM-5 and say "they're all this disorder," but that's usually wrong, very annoying, and can be harmful! People have been using psychological terms as a means to denigrate others for years. Slave owners said their slaves were mentally ill when they ran away. Sexist men "diagnosed" their wives with hysteria when they were being abused. And it's so annoying when people try to use psychological disorders to call people names.
OH MY GOD FINALLY TEAL SWAN WAS LABELED AS A CULT LEADER!! I was such a big fam but then realised "dude she sounds like a cult leader" and made my research, which concluded my assumption. I used to be a fan of two other "cult leaders": master sri akarshana and Leo Gura. Also I suspect 'Aaron Doughty' to be one??? can anyone confirm or debunk this?
Something that would help is to look into spiritual narcissism. The belief that spiritual knowledge makes you superior to others. Any spirituality based cults are founded upon this belief which is lead by well a narcisst. If you want to learn about real spirituality go find a local temple. The internet is the worst place to go looking for that stuff
Aaron doughty was the first person I thought of when I watched this documentary, I relate to Aaron and his life story but he does have cult like abilities I’m happy to found Aaron he just resonates more with me , I just don’t want to make his whole teaching apart of my life
I am a 75 year old woman, highly educated, who spent fifteen years in a destructive religious cult. Not destructive like the Davidians, but mentally, socially, financially and emotionally destructive. I have written books about it. I was lucky enough to know about deprogramming. One has been programmed (brainwashed) for however many years they have allowed it, and it takes an outside view, like that of a deprogrammer, a psychologist, or an experienced ex-cultist to help escape the cult (and, in many cases, the word "escape" is appropriate.)
That subliminal thought we all low-key thinking but philosophical question though are cults really bad because I view this as a false dichotomy. Ever since I discovered voluntary slavery shit has made me wonder about life etc what ya takes
The last half of this is amazing. It described the danger of people being allowed to talk freely online, which Netflix feels is a cult because people talk about things not permitted within polite society. It reminded me of the 1st half, when a woman in a cult was being told if she left the cult these horrible things would happen... Makes you wonder, which one is the cult?
For anyone agreeing with your nonsense, I'll explain: There's nothing problematic with using the internet to read and discuss controversial topics. However, the internet is riddled with deceptive people that employ sophisms to spin things away from rational thought with the goal of bringing emotional (and irrational) responses from others. As most of people have to be well versed in rethorical, logical and scientific thought to see through this trick - and they are not - a lot of people fall prey to conmen, cultists and crazy conspiracy theories. Therefore, yes - the internet has become a catalist for crazy behaviour, and yes, it has to be regulated to curb this threat.
This is a great video! I wasn't expecting much in such a short video but wow I'm really impressed at how much important information they were able to pack into a 26 minute video!
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That awkward moment you start a documentary about cults and footage from the old religious group from your childhood that you were half convicted MIGHT be a cult pops up multiple times in the opening sequence👀👀👀👀
I think more awareness about Jehovah's witnesses is essential. Many inside that cult can't leave because if they do they will be shunned by families and friends inside. Please Netflix we need a documentary about the Jehovah witnesses religion.
exactly, when I was little there was a girl in my class at school who was a Jehovah’s witness. She wasn’t allowed to take part in any kind of celebrations, to play or be happy at all. It was so sad.
There is a lot of videos about Jehovah's Witnesses on UA-cam. I learned so much by watching them. An especially good source is the Telltale channel. It is run by an ex Jehovah's Witness. This guy gives a lot of information about the cult and why it is bad. He also talks about other religious groups as well. I think he is athiest now, but I am not entirely sure.
This is why those with an important and inspirational message should present it freely. Don’t ask people to follow you. Don’t ask them for money and support. Find a job and support yourself. Don’t ask people to join your group and come to your meetings. Don’t ask people to subscribe to your channel and listen to what YOU have to say. Just present your message and let it sit in the open. Continue presenting it even while knowing you’ll die, and several centuries will pass, before people begin to understand your point of view. Anyone who does any of the aforementioned actions in an attempt to convince people to follow and support them, including those in the entertainment industry, have taken the first steps towards becoming a cult.
All I’m saying is, a lot of celebrities and people in politics are cult leaders. And the people in cults all thought the guy they were following was the good guy and thought the actual good guy was the bad guy. Remember that as you consume things and think that you’re certain in this world.
The Jehovah's witnesses policy of denying members bloid transfusions the kills an estimated 900 people (including children), yearly. That is one Jonestown massacre EACH year. But hey, they dress well and read the Bible.. that gets you of the hook everyday in Bible-thump land...
Dean Craig , yes. Jehovah Witness only read their Magazine from the Watchtower Cult and their Cult website JWorg but don’t read straight from the Bible with the exception of some verses that were twisted from their own changed & twisted bible which is incorrectly translated. Their leaders use fear tactics and encouraged their members to lie to police because they believe the police belong to Satan’s government. Even warn thousands of child abuse victims to never report their abuse and forgive their thousands serial Rapist Pedophiles! 1,006 in Australia alone not counting thousands and thousands of child abuse cases around the world!!
It's so scary to think that each and every one of us at some point have been susceptible to cult mentality. It's gross how people are preyed upon in the weakest momens.
Please, publish the one about pandemics! I’ve been talking about it with everyone, people really need to see it. This series is amazing, btw. Thank you for promoting it!
I've watched this in Netflix the first day its released... It's not like warning about cults, rather it feels more like "How to be a perfect flawless cult leader"
cults are strangely fascinating. i feel like it would be so easy to fall for the ideas and the promises and the "dear leader". it's safe to say we're better educated as a whole about these things! i was definitely taught these red flags as a child, and I'm not religious whatsoever.
@@upendo.3570 Your deluded, disturbing and making assumptions, at least non religious people don't think non believers will be lit on fire,talk about immoral and disgusting!!!
my ex boyfriend's best friend went missing, they found him after a few days with a cult leader eating breakfast somewhere, the leader somehow got away with it he run and the police did not catch him, but the guy who i knew, who was so sweet and a good person was brainwashed... he didn't want to go back home.. before disappearing he was talking a lot about God and sum stuff to his family.. he is now okay ig... i am terrified
This explains how a cult can completely mess up many lives in the worst way possible and I wonder why all those people believe in everything Jim Jones told them. I hope people will take a lesson from this and think rationally.
those survivors are so rad!!! I loved hearing what they had to say. I think it’ll really help people that have had similar journeys. Congratulations you all... y’all rule
I saw this episode a few years ago on Netflix and now wat hed it again. Got me then, got me even more now, since it feels a lot more personal now. With the two crazy years that passed, I also became indulged in some sort of cult, called the new age movement. I didn’t see it like that, but now I feel as I’m slowly waking up from some deceptions. It’s so incredibly hard to leave your old beliefs, nog knowing what your new ones are. I think we’re all looking for truth. All looking for love, trust, confidence. Those things that got you in the movement/cult in the first place. I wanna give all my respect for those who are walking away from their old environments, following what they know in their heart is true
Bodie Dutch he wishes? do u know how many people follow that guy and believe everything he says!? he’s probably the biggest cult leader of the newer generation
Does anyone else find it interesting that the oldest cults still existing today weren’t mentioned in this documentary but ones who aren’t cults at all where? Was some of this documentary a reflection of conditioning or socialization/cults? Sometimes someone’s best interest IS to get away from their family so that they CAN have a chance to heal from the trauma….just because they’re family doesn’t mean they have your best interest or are good for you…..sometimes FAMILY is the cult…
Why do all cult leaders look freakishly like cult leaders
Annette J 😂
if only everyone can spot that
They all look charismatic and erratic
Kuro Visuals yesss lol
Annette J there all very comforting & very loving at first, but as soon as you you are seen as an outsider or coming out your absolutely distraught or cast out like he or they never knew you
It felt so weird to see the netflix intro at the beginning in UA-cam
D Gomez Yes it does look eerie.
Yeh scared me
It’s a cult that’s why
AquaApp App it’s been a long time since you
Same I felt violated for no reason lol
Most people are drawing parallels with religion, but almost no one is mentioning the correlation of cult-like behavior with political ideologies.
Hmm... Perhaps that's interesting. Nazism, maybe.
Because they got money to fight back if you notice the cults mentioned are not centralised nor organised easier to diss
The cult of WOKE
Especially Wokeism. America’s new secular religion.
Or 12 step programs
At first, I thought about how I would never fall into the trap of joining a cult but then I remembered when I hit rock bottom and felt so hopeless; I converted to a new religion/ adopted new beliefs from that religion. I learned all of it through the internet and reliable sources and I thought if someone/ a group had come up to me instead to introduce me to those beliefs/ religion and asked me to join their cult I 100% would have joined.
😊😊😊
Its surprising and scary how many people are susceptible to cults. This is why being a critical and objective thinker is so important. It can’t be stressed enough.
Education, education, education.
Marianne Jaffke For real.
Its not just education though. Cults are precise in their slow envelopment of an individual's life. They use like minded opinions and generous gestures to give people a feeling of belonging integrating these new victims into their warped society.
Yubi K. Agreed
Larkin Hancock So being grounded and self-aware as well as emotionally intelligent is also good.
Netflix: you don’t need entertainment but you need education so this one’s on us.
Thank you for curing Corona
Kelly Buck I save more lives than I end especially now that there’s a pandemic
Really
@@Tune-zi7yr Brother?
i'd be careful of using the word 'education'. this is a short doc made by editors, written by writers, not a peer reviewed study by psychologists.
I watched Midsommar recently and until the first ritual I kept thinking *“I hope I never stumble across a cult like this because I just might join them”*
You probably already have and don't know it
Bruh if they were just playing on the field i would be like there's no wrong but then they purposely want to make me a may queen i would get the heck outta there
Great movie. Harrowing. 😳
Same haha
I love that movie so much
What cults have in common is that they thrive on fear.
Sounds like republican politics..
@@tonygrowley5275 EXACTLY LIKE THE GOP
How about literally everything on every left leaning news network lol
@oneconcerned How about you take that comparison and shove it up your stubborn ass.
@@SamPasserdoodlesandhappenings He ain't lying tho about the vaccine thing
“It’s not Jim Jones and the people it’s 970 people & that other guy.”
Wow, what healing must have taken place to get to that place. I commend her and definitely wish her (and the other survivors) continued striving for healing and joy
What he did was so terrible.
Sabrina Michelle amén 🙏🏼
the other guy was probably jim jones jr, his adopted son.
Yes, after the whole thing THIS is what I came looking for... So so soooooo many layers within this statement!
That is such a sweet burn.
Thank you for making this episode free to the public. I think it's quite important to have made this available.
thank you
Yes.
Especially now, as we’re seeing the maga cult consume millions of Americans
I met a friend at a bar who played piano and told me he’s into Scientology and it unfortunately really turned me off to his vibe. We were really getting along, talking about gigging, becoming go-getters and whatnot and then he told me that and I got a complete different sense of motive for his conversations with me. He didn’t care about me getting gigs, he wanted me to become a Scientologist.
😂😂 I know the feeling
I needed a full minute to understand that India was the girls name!
He'd have been amazingly successful if all of India worshipped him, that would have been bigger news i think!
Me too I thought here many go one amma she is god to Hindus strange many are missing
@@SebAnders
We already have millions of god's we don't need to worship some human lmao 😂
The UK has a vile social commentator (Katie Hopkins) who famously declared that she didn't let her children play with those who had geographical names as they were evidently from the wrong side of the tracks. The irony being... One of her children is called India!
Hahaha true 😂
Aye Netflix is finally doing the history’s channels method
Static Union I wish but you know about history being written by the winners
‘Explained’ and ‘the mind explained’
are from Vox. They’ve been doing this a while fam
Jim Jones was part of CIA
At least they offer thoughtful analysis instead of sensationalism
The narrator (Lakeith Stanfield) has such a great voice.
I personally can't stand his voice. You can tell he's just reading a script that someone else wrote, and that he's not naturally that intelligent. He sounds really fake to me.
Not really
That was him?????
Racial Consciousness “he’s not naturally that intelligent” we get it, you’re racist.
I THOUGHT that was him!
You saved me a google search. Thanks!
You have not explained "Why?" People become a part of cults. I think, it's an emptiness... spiritual emptiness, emotional emptiness or social emptiness which drives a human to slide towards a cult which offers to fill that void...
True.
It's an evolutionary drive for community and meaning beyond survival.
Lol they clearly explain this in the video
I was like when he will explain
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Remember.... Cults are not always just one leader, cults can have 10 million members and have many leaders
Sounds like the modern day GOP Republicans
@@lukemasini6250 Christianity isn't a Cult .
Cults typically have a top down structure, so having one at the top is most common.
RSS is an example
The watchtower has 10 leaders and (allegedly) 8 million members
Man I've almost joined like 3 cults. It's not that crazy actually. Everyone is usually really nice and its a cool loving environment at first. Then they start talking about recruiting and want you to basically give up your life for their cause and then that's usually when I realize what's going on.
You're lucky you wriggled out of it in time. I had a meal -- they recruited me on the sidewalk -- with a group that turned out to be Moonies. I thanked them, saw their propaganda presentation, and went home.
Isn't that like radical Christianity?
@Josh Traffanstedt It's exactly like that. They even said in the video cult leaders are narcisstic sociopaths. They fit the criteria perfectly. Charismatic, controlling, manipulative, grandiose sense of self, excessive need for admiration. People fall for narcissts and narcisstic sociopaths all the time. Most don't realise people can do nice things and appear to be good people but actually turn out to be absolute monsters. We also don't actually know anyone at all if we haven't known them very long at all
@Josh Traffanstedt oh men 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I laughed hard with that last sentence
Im sorry I couldnt help but ask, are they the cult ur referring to by any chance wanted you to join any polygamous situation and claim to offer you an everlasting reward in heaven? I once join a religious organization but Im having second thoughts if they are a manipulative cult or not :)
Made me tear up when the former cult members, and the labels below their name changed to their profession. A new life
I wish I was a cat. Then I'd never worry about my religious alliances, just naps and food 🐈
same ngl
how do you know that for sure 😳
jiminici idk do I 😳
People abuse animals too u know🤷♀️
@@melissarozalia how can we forget about that?🤣
I just saw the name of the denomination I grew up in on the list from the USA. I paused and went on a multi hour search through articles. It all makes sense now. Everything I thought was insane and extreme growing up in Pentecostal churches now makes sense. Me thinking speaking in tongues and seeing demons was real leading to my love of paranormal fiction. My extended family cutting me off when I left, to the point that non of them have checked in on me to make sure I’m okay since my mother’s (still in the cult) recent death. The weird compulsions I have to fight to act, dress, etc. My feeling like sex is owed to a partner even when unwanted, but still feeling like the act itself is violating me even when I want it, feeling guilty for lusting for my husband (I am currently married). I grew up in a cult. And, now I can’t stop crying and I think I need therapy.
Damn my heart goes out to you. It's an unlearning process, it may take time, but you can heal and unlearn all those things taught to you. I wish you well.
Thanks for writing that as others recognize themselves too. I wish you to get to a good therapist.
You definitely need therapy. And I don’t mean that in an offensive way, but a supportive way. Please talk to a professional about this.
I wish you all the (self)love and healing 🙏🏽🙏🏽 You’re very brave for even being willing to see this
Get therapy; you will need it.
The narrator has the perfect voice for this
Isn't that LaKeith Steinfeld? He fits so well for this and the actor is so talented in every film, I've seen so far from him!
The true nature of evil is being so right that anything is justified, simple as that.
Is that right?
@@underconsideration2427 read the words and listen to the interviews of men who have committed genocides they believed that they were right.
I grew up with an abusive step-father. All these cult leaders remind me of him. I like to think I can spot an abuser from a mile away.
I’m seeing these things also, with my stepfather and how close this hits home 🤭
Same my mum's a narcissts. All cult leaders are narcissts. People can't make the connection between narcisstic abuse and cults even after it's known cult leaders are narcissts. A narcisstic family is it's own type of cult with a narcisstic figure head at top. A lot of people get fooled by a narcissists fake persona and by the time they figure out they got fooled they're living in the narcissts fantasy world they either submit themselves to it or have to find away to escape.
I had a cult yesterday try recruit me with the "God loves you, he's here for you and trust me he understands" then handed me a card about their meeting. They had the same brainwashed faces and glazed eyes you see on the faces of most members of every single cult. Cults are a lot easier to spot them most people realise. If you meet overly friendly people who's group can give you "the answers you're looking for" I mean make the obvious connection.
They all have similar natures
When you're thinking that, it's likely someone not showing these traits comes along, and still is abusive, just packaged completely different. From an outward, violent narcissist to a covered narc, they all have similar traits, but you could not see it, until it's too late...
With the right words, the human mind can really be easily swayed.
What human mind? Your broad brush stroke holds very little substance.
@@yankee2666 put on some diapers and sleep. This talk isn't curved to your niche
“it takes a strong person to admit their weaknesses”
Yea. But but it depends on the topic
I recommend a book called Warlike & Peaceful Societies: The Interaction of Genes & Culture. It has a lot to say about the psychology behind this type of behaviour.
JonahtheMann thanks I’ll check it out
Cool I’ll check that book that was written and impaired, I mean inspired by man.
Thanks bro ps controversial thought is Netflix a cult lol
does anyone knows where I can find the pdf?
@@getsmartquick I also thought about that
The seduction of these cults are off the charts.
Super sad to watch a family member join.
Better these religions than these online cults. They’d drain your energy literally.
Serdar Mamadzhanov she converted to christianity? that’s amazing. God bless her! i’m so happy she found the truth of Jesus Christ ❤️
@@imserdar I mean, as long as they don’t control her life 24/7 and don’t harm her then they must be okay
Which cult? The Trump cult? Was that one in existence when this was made?
Narrator: but there’s an even neither threat sweeping across the USA in current time
Me: Scientology
Narrator: loneliness
Me: *scientology*
So true
@o. t. please don’t tell me you’re talking about the Wage gap
Me: Me.
don't forget AmWay
This was terrifyingly accurate…sending love and hugs to all who have been involved in a cult and managed to get out. Everyday is a struggle so we have to do our best to keep fighting so hopefully other cult members can open their eyes
I agree. I was in a cult. At a young age, they put me in a school to learn how to become a productive peg in a top-down run organization that taught me what to believe and that they, the leaders were in place to serve me. It took years but I finally realized my education, the many group social initiations, and the claim they were here to serve me, it was all a lie. They blinded me of the truth, that I am soul & spirit 1st, mind & body 2nd. They'd drugged my mind and body with harmful chemicals, excessive sugar was routinely buried in my food. While they gave me back much of what I earned in a week, I had little choice but to spend it within the system I had been raised to serve. I didn't really spend it, I just gave it back. I got out of that cult and now live a life of LOVE - LAUGHTER - & LISTENING. Love for the morning star, laughter as a way to cleanse reality, & listening, listening to my own inner cult. I pray for the other members of this cult that they would wake up and realize their living in modern-day mind-numbing soul suppressing slavery. That cult even had a cool-aid company. No shame.
✌P*E*A*C*E✌
Thousands of people watching this video thinking:
"This is horrific, poor people... they should come to my church and pray to Jesus"
Literally a totally different thing.
Allahu akbar
@@haleyl.248 Is it one of the family friendly human slaughterfest stories that differ or is it the stories told by the alter boys?
@@be2Gee none of that made sense but 👌
😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏 the irony ☻
Such weird thing that they didn't include Twitter as one of the most toxic inducing, a perfect online sites for making a cult.
The flat earther society is a big example of that.
Facebook as well. That Teal Swan woman has a Facebook group called Teal Tribe and it's a bunch of lost and suicidal people clawing at each other for attention, especially for Teal's attention.
That's coz the lefty loonies live there... they are not cultists... their climate change religion is not a brainwashing cult of negatives
Cathy Madsen Tell that to 97% of scientists 🙄
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Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. And scientists are not geniuses, they are human too, susceptible to the same emotions as ordinary people.
I was always fascinated about cults.
So fascinated that i actually considered joining one at a time.
Oh!
Do not join a cult.
Life is beautiful.
You don't need any person or group to boss you around.
Play some music and be happy.
Blue Collar Lit.
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interesting pov though
Nah you might be in a cult. Climate change activist or gender ideology. Real cults
That’s like saying “addiction and overdoses fascinate me, so much that I actually considered getting on heroin.” Or “grizzly bears fascinate me so much I actually considered poking one with a stick.”
Netflix: free documentary on cults
Scientology: has left the chat.
Info is dope but some of it I find bias. Weird thought is Netflix a cult lol
Moral of the story: after you leave a cult, start your own.
Amen Brother!
"I am going to start my own cult. With Black-Jack and hookers" !
Nope. That is definitely NOT the moral of the story.
😂
@@ts8404 Did you srsly miss the one started by a woman? There's been a couple of them, actually...🙄
"I started bird watching..." LOVE THAT GUY!
"my survival instinct had not been crushed". I think for me that sums up what I love the most about humanity, this drive towards life and survival and vitality. In my opinion that's the basic thing that distinguishes a cult from a healthy group: does it encourage the impulse towards life, autonomy or freedom, or does it try to crush it?
Gosh, you described it perfectly. You must be an intelligent person.
Pd. I know it sounds sarcastic, but it isn't.
This is why I don't understand why more people aren't outraged at R Kelly's abuse to his victims for DECADES.
You can add Scientology to the cult .
Yep all religion
I used to belong to a fascistic, misogynistic cult - the Roman Catholic Church.🙏📿
I think perhaps the producers don't want to get on the wrong side of Scientology, it doesn't say much about thief integrity
Finally Finally yea Scientology and the aftermath , show it all Leah and mike apparently got threats doing the show
Islam
"Cult + time = religion"
Yep.
JCTiggs it works though religion stands the test of time
Difference between a religion and cult is that the *founder* is dead in a religion
Saeed Khan I agree, but I have a question, does this imply that these religions are still cults? Because I want to know if people are saying this and implying that religions don't operate like cults because the leader is dead or are they implying that there is really no difference at all between religions and cults?
@@user-bv9oi8bx7n there is a difference a line in religion what is worshiped is usually god(s) and the prophet or founder is dead but in a cult they either worship a demonic being and follow stuff that they already know and accept that they're evil and immoral Or one person or group of people that they believe will make society better or create a utopia and then end up suiciding or practicing illegal retuals and throw there money to them
@@jjrod33 Dominance achieved through political oppression and murder isn't really a good way to stand the test of time.
My off-campus sorority ticks off every point on this list. I was traumatized for years. The last three, the ones that help you leave, is what happened and how I finally left. Cults are everywhere.
Wow! I am so sorry.
This is explains how a cult can completely mess up many lives in worst way possible.
I hope people will take a lesson from this and think rationally.
Don't listen to any leader who tells you to be anything other than kind and compassionate to everyone.
ttt ttt right😭 and then theres the other relgigion like buddhist
Exactly
That's just a soft sell followed by the rest of this.
You don't need a leader to tell you that
And then there's Jesus lol he said to be kind and compassionate
A cult should be defined as a belief system that is compulsory in nature with zealous followers where punishments for disobedience are cruel or unusual.
Why?
"Religion" would still clump up with cults.
@@Dog-Girl-Defect There would be organizations that associate themselves with religions that would be considered cults, yes. That's kind if the point though. Some cults associate themselves with established religions to make themselves seem legitimate.
What we need to do is base the definition of a cult as one of experience, and the definition I propose does that.
@@km1dash6 dude I'm tired of explaining this, you win.
@@AllergicToMakeBelieve Are you getting your PhD in Clinical psychology? No? Then you have no business telling people they are delusional! If you are, you should be kicked out of your program! You aren't omniscient. You don't know what's the nature of Reality. And if someone has an experience of angels or spirits, you can't say "your experience isn't real."
For context, I am getting my graduate degree in psychology. I know the DSM criteria for delusional disorder. And psychologists usually reserve it for extreme cases like when you think someone loves you, but they have a restraining order against you. Disorders have to have: disfunction, distress, deviance, and danger. Believing elves sit on your shoulder isn't a delusional DISORDER, unless it's getting in the way of functioning, causing distress to yourself, or hurting others. Any idiot can read through the DSM-5 and say "they're all this disorder," but that's usually wrong, very annoying, and can be harmful!
People have been using psychological terms as a means to denigrate others for years. Slave owners said their slaves were mentally ill when they ran away. Sexist men "diagnosed" their wives with hysteria when they were being abused. And it's so annoying when people try to use psychological disorders to call people names.
OH MY GOD FINALLY TEAL SWAN WAS LABELED AS A CULT LEADER!! I was such a big fam but then realised "dude she sounds like a cult leader" and made my research, which concluded my assumption. I used to be a fan of two other "cult leaders": master sri akarshana and Leo Gura. Also I suspect 'Aaron Doughty' to be one??? can anyone confirm or debunk this?
I did get some racist/elitest vibes from Aaron Doughty
Something that would help is to look into spiritual narcissism. The belief that spiritual knowledge makes you superior to others. Any spirituality based cults are founded upon this belief which is lead by well a narcisst. If you want to learn about real spirituality go find a local temple. The internet is the worst place to go looking for that stuff
Aaron doughty was the first person I thought of when I watched this documentary, I relate to Aaron and his life story but he does have cult like abilities I’m happy to found Aaron he just resonates more with me , I just don’t want to make his whole teaching apart of my life
I am a 75 year old woman, highly educated, who spent fifteen years in a destructive religious cult. Not destructive like the Davidians, but mentally, socially, financially and emotionally destructive. I have written books about it. I was lucky enough to know about deprogramming. One has been programmed (brainwashed) for however many years they have allowed it, and it takes an outside view, like that of a deprogrammer, a psychologist, or an experienced ex-cultist to help escape the cult (and, in many cases, the word "escape" is appropriate.)
Cult leader: furiously taking notes
Hahahaha! Right?
relatable
That subliminal thought we all low-key thinking but philosophical question though are cults really bad because I view this as a false dichotomy. Ever since I discovered voluntary slavery shit has made me wonder about life etc what ya takes
Right 😅
Scientology
Abrahamism
@@areuaware6842 what's that
Tom cruise might join the comment section anytime now
Hard to believe they're actually a tax exempt religion.....yet is a cult...lol craziness
Yes definitely
The last half of this is amazing. It described the danger of people being allowed to talk freely online, which Netflix feels is a cult because people talk about things not permitted within polite society. It reminded me of the 1st half, when a woman in a cult was being told if she left the cult these horrible things would happen... Makes you wonder, which one is the cult?
We found the cultist, people.
For anyone agreeing with your nonsense, I'll explain:
There's nothing problematic with using the internet to read and discuss controversial topics.
However, the internet is riddled with deceptive people that employ sophisms to spin things away from rational thought with the goal of bringing emotional (and irrational) responses from others. As most of people have to be well versed in rethorical, logical and scientific thought to see through this trick - and they are not - a lot of people fall prey to conmen, cultists and crazy conspiracy theories.
Therefore, yes - the internet has become a catalist for crazy behaviour, and yes, it has to be regulated to curb this threat.
This is why the only meditation and yoga i do will be through my app in my room. Thanks.
This is a great video! I wasn't expecting much in such a short video but wow I'm really impressed at how much important information they were able to pack into a 26 minute video!
So educative.....
Lakeith voice made this doc 1000x better
I knew it ! It seemed familiar
I appreciate all UA-cam commenters. Thank god y’all are here. Some of you are awesome and funny asf and some just a trolls and most are just reading our comments, yeah you thanks for reading this comment don’t let loneliness get to you
Thanks so much for having exceptional documentaries on these specific cults and other things I have Netflix and I LOVE IT
This is giving me "please watch the other episodes on netflix because they’re not doing so good" vibes 😬 I hope it gets renewed..
nah, season 1 got a free episode too.
I'm paraphrasing, but Groucho Marx said it best: I would never be part of a club that would have me as a member.
Hahahaha! Brilliant.
Unless I am the LEADER!!!!!!!
That awkward moment you start a documentary about cults and footage from the old religious group from your childhood that you were half convicted MIGHT be a cult pops up multiple times in the opening sequence👀👀👀👀
Woah, hope you are ok processing this
@@treslechestogo All good, thank you
Sincerely, thank you for posting this publicly for free.
Oh wow a full episode huh? A great one too!
U have 69 likes so I won't ruin it for u
Go play hollow knight. Godhome beve
Thank you Netflix for uploading the full episode! The Explained series by Vox is one of the best, I hope you keep producing them
“It’s not Jim Jones. It’s 970 people and that other guy.”
I think more awareness about Jehovah's witnesses is essential. Many inside that cult can't leave because if they do they will be shunned by families and friends inside.
Please Netflix we need a documentary about the Jehovah witnesses religion.
exactly, when I was little there was a girl in my class at school who was a Jehovah’s witness. She wasn’t allowed to take part in any kind of celebrations, to play or be happy at all. It was so sad.
There is a lot of videos about Jehovah's Witnesses on UA-cam. I learned so much by watching them. An especially good source is the Telltale channel. It is run by an ex Jehovah's Witness. This guy gives a lot of information about the cult and why it is bad. He also talks about other religious groups as well. I think he is athiest now, but I am not entirely sure.
This is why those with an important and inspirational message should present it freely. Don’t ask people to follow you. Don’t ask them for money and support. Find a job and support yourself.
Don’t ask people to join your group and come to your meetings. Don’t ask people to subscribe to your channel and listen to what YOU have to say. Just present your message and let it sit in the open. Continue presenting it even while knowing you’ll die, and several centuries will pass, before people begin to understand your point of view.
Anyone who does any of the aforementioned actions in an attempt to convince people to follow and support them, including those in the entertainment industry, have taken the first steps towards becoming a cult.
Laura Kohl's comment is the best way of summing up Jonestown. "Its not Jim Jones and the people, its 917 people and that other guy."
Can we get this in Arabic subtitles! The Arab world needs to learn about this!
And you think they're going to learn from this video?
صحيح
All I’m saying is, a lot of celebrities and people in politics are cult leaders. And the people in cults all thought the guy they were following was the good guy and thought the actual good guy was the bad guy. Remember that as you consume things and think that you’re certain in this world.
Jehovah's witnesses should be added to the list also.
Omg yes
truth isalie Netflix adds JW 8:16
The Jehovah's witnesses policy of denying members bloid transfusions the kills an estimated 900 people (including children), yearly. That is one Jonestown massacre EACH year. But hey, they dress well and read the Bible.. that gets you of the hook everyday in Bible-thump land...
KaizokuSencho they read carefully scripted magazines, not the bible
Dean Craig , yes. Jehovah Witness only read their Magazine from the Watchtower Cult and their Cult website JWorg but don’t read straight from the Bible with the exception of some verses that were twisted from their own changed & twisted bible which is incorrectly translated.
Their leaders use fear tactics and encouraged their members to lie to police because they believe the police belong to Satan’s government. Even warn thousands of child abuse victims to never report their abuse and forgive their thousands serial Rapist Pedophiles! 1,006 in Australia alone not counting thousands and thousands of child abuse cases around the world!!
I'm actually watching this a second time, saw it on Netflix already buy you've got to admit, Vox makes amazing content ♥️♥️♥️
In conclusion, cults occur both in real life and online.
Both are terrifying.
I like how in the beginning theres various cult leaders Jim Jones, David Koresh etc. and then theres just north korea
It's so scary to think that each and every one of us at some point have been susceptible to cult mentality. It's gross how people are preyed upon in the weakest momens.
Hey Netflix!!! Keep this guys from VOX doing things for you. I love their documentaries.
Please, publish the one about pandemics! I’ve been talking about it with everyone, people really need to see it. This series is amazing, btw. Thank you for promoting it!
I have one for pandemics
I've watched this in Netflix the first day its released... It's not like warning about cults, rather it feels more like "How to be a perfect flawless cult leader"
Why am i watching this here ? I pay for Netflix lol.
Its the Netflix cult, online ... "therefore you simply cant resist " . Your hooked
haha
cults are strangely fascinating. i feel like it would be so easy to fall for the ideas and the promises and the "dear leader". it's safe to say we're better educated as a whole about these things! i was definitely taught these red flags as a child, and I'm not religious whatsoever.
Great video!! Very insightful. I have shared it with many cult victims.
It's crazy that social media has made us all lonely.
Yes Scientology needs to be added especially after watching Leah Remini’s show.
...On the basis of what a single person contends?
Great collab for both vox and Netflix
"Dominus Obsequious Sororium" means "Obedient Master Sister-in-Law" in actual Latin.
Thank you for this powerful message of hope.
The line between religions and cults is very thin, imo it depends on if the leader is still alive or how long ago they died
yea it seems like all religions are very culty
@@friendlytingles642 Nah yall should educatwd Yourselfes and learn the Differentes
@@noraxx4228 there is no difference. 🤦♂️ literally the leaders of religion where terrible people that supported child marriage and slavery
@@feorgenotgloyd7624 hmm as if non religious people didn't do the worse. They are the worse.
@@upendo.3570 Your deluded, disturbing and making assumptions, at least non religious people don't think non believers will be lit on fire,talk about immoral and disgusting!!!
Great documentary ❤️💕🙏🏼
my ex boyfriend's best friend went missing, they found him after a few days with a cult leader eating breakfast somewhere, the leader somehow got away with it he run and the police did not catch him, but the guy who i knew, who was so sweet and a good person was brainwashed... he didn't want to go back home.. before disappearing he was talking a lot about God and sum stuff to his family.. he is now okay ig... i am terrified
This was beautiful. Great insight.
Lakeith’s voice is sooo amazing for this
When I used to live in NYC, I would tell people how weird it was to feel so lonely in such a huge city.
This explains how a cult can completely mess up many lives in the worst way possible and I wonder why all those people believe in everything Jim Jones told them. I hope people will take a lesson from this and think rationally.
Great video! Thank you.
those survivors are so rad!!! I loved hearing what they had to say. I think it’ll really help people that have had similar journeys.
Congratulations you all... y’all rule
I saw this episode a few years ago on Netflix and now wat hed it again. Got me then, got me even more now, since it feels a lot more personal now. With the two crazy years that passed, I also became indulged in some sort of cult, called the new age movement. I didn’t see it like that, but now I feel as I’m slowly waking up from some deceptions. It’s so incredibly hard to leave your old beliefs, nog knowing what your new ones are. I think we’re all looking for truth. All looking for love, trust, confidence. Those things that got you in the movement/cult in the first place.
I wanna give all my respect for those who are walking away from their old environments, following what they know in their heart is true
Best documentary ever.
Everyone needs to know about this.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Brilliant. ThankYou
Surprised there’s no mention of Scientology.
Kinda reminds me of Kanye's new movement lolol
Yep he is Mkultra puppet
It is
I guarantee he will have a bunch of his followers living on that ranch in Wyoming in a few years in some Jonestown-esque community.
Andries 6 also a cult
Bodie Dutch he wishes? do u know how many people follow that guy and believe everything he says!? he’s probably the biggest cult leader of the newer generation
1:06 You know those moments in videos where something happens or is said that's so surprising your jaw drops? This is one of those moments.
On this subject, they should do one on MLMs, probably the most popular cults. Some are more cult-like than others, of course.
Exactly, Cult expert Steve Hassan calls them "business cults"
Does anyone else find it interesting that the oldest cults still existing today weren’t mentioned in this documentary but ones who aren’t cults at all where? Was some of this documentary a reflection of conditioning or socialization/cults?
Sometimes someone’s best interest IS to get away from their family so that they CAN have a chance to heal from the trauma….just because they’re family doesn’t mean they have your best interest or are good for you…..sometimes FAMILY is the cult…
So, basically how every religion ever started. "I am the voice of God, follow me."
Except Christianity. Jesus said I am God follow me
@@danieligbalajobi9229 Basically saying I'm the voice
It's actually kinda sad
@@violetboulevard3899 And quite incorrect.
"I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as leader"
Nice informative documentary!