That wasn’t my takeaway. Pick your cult, all of them prove that both men and women can be brainwashed. It doesn’t even seem that hard.
Sure anybody can be brainwashed, but the article is framing it like these helpless women were only doing it because they were under the spell of this wicked man and bear little responsibility for their actions. Even the criminal sentencing reflects that with him getting 120 years while she got 2.
It just feels like one of those PR driven comeback stories where some POS individual spins their atrocities into something positive for themselves and everyone forgets that they’re still a terrible human being.
That wasn’t my takeaway. Pick your cult, all of them prove that both men and women can be brainwashed. It doesn’t even seem that hard.
That is equally possible, and the fact that she was his #2 doesn’t bode well for her being a victim here
Sure anybody can be brainwashed, but the article is framing it like these helpless women were only doing it because they were under the spell of this wicked man and bear little responsibility for their actions. Even the criminal sentencing reflects that with him getting 120 years while she got 2.
It just feels like one of those PR driven comeback stories where some POS individual spins their atrocities into something positive for themselves and everyone forgets that they’re still a terrible human being.