Psychology of Cults

 

How to talk someone out of a damaging cult

When what seems like the most loving group of individuals with the best ideas ever turns out to be a really big mistake, it is very hard and sometimes humiliating for cult members to admit to the outside world that they were wrong.

10 Things to Know About the Psychology of Cults

Cults are attractive because they promote an illusion of comfort.

Cults satisfy the human desire for absolute answers. 

Those with low self-esteem are more likely to be persuaded by a cult environment. 

New recruits are “love bombed.” 

Cults maintain their power by promoting an “us vs. them” mentality. 

Cult leaders are masters at mind control.

Cult members often have no idea they’re in a cult.

The Seven Signs That You’re in a Cult

1. Opposing critical thinking

2. Isolating members and penalizing them for leaving

3. Emphasizing special doctrines outside law or science

4. Seeking inappropriate loyalty to their leaders

5. Dishonoring the family unit

6. Crossing boundaries of behavior

7. Separation from other organizations

How to talk someone out of a damaging cult

This is where you come in again: be there as the unconditionally loving and caring friend or family member that you really are. 

Where the cult judges and condemns its members, you will be there as the person who says: Sure, it is a crazy destructive group, but I understand why you got involved. We all fall for con artists and swindlers once in a while – you still have a lot to offer and I can help you move on with your life.

Language of Lies

 Language of Lies

Why Politicians Divide Us: George Carlin Exposes the Harsh Truth

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mZVThtckE9U

George Carlin: Exposing the Absurdity of Political Jargon

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z1OYh16Y8dc

George Carlin on How Politicians Twist Words to Avoid Accountability

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2B8TxQksXJs

The Insincerity of Politicians: Military Love and Lies

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bHPM1HdqpU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP07oyFTRXc

What I learned:

I have lived long enough to have seen the same lies get updated and repeated again and again.

100 Minutes about Glucose with Jessie Inchauspé

 From the video series Diary of a CEO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3esF-pNAM9c

Jessie Inchauspé is a world-leading biochemist and founder of the Glucose Goddess movement. She is also the bestselling author of books such as, ‘Glucose Revolution: The life-changing power of balancing your blood sugar’ and ‘The Glucose Goddess Method’.

00:00 Intro 02:29 Why Is Glucose So Important for Your Health? 05:01 What Glucose Spikes Reveal About Your Body's Health 06:23 How Sugar Impacts Your Cells 10:10 How Glucose Spikes Accelerate Aging and What You Can Do About It 12:14 The Link Between Muscle Mass & Sugar Usage 14:12 These 'Healthy' Foods Are Causing Massive Glucose Spikes! 16:36 Surprising Non-Sweet Foods That Cause Glucose Spikes 18:25 Is There Such a Thing as 'Good' Sugar? 19:33 The Best and Worst Sweeteners for Your Health 22:41 How Sugar Accelerates Aging 25:11 The Link Between Glucose, Hormones, and Fertility 28:11 Can PCOS Be Reversed Through Diet? 29:31 Why You Should Always Start Your Day with a Savory Breakfast 31:57 Why We Crave Sugar 34:58 Is Intermittent Fasting Really Good for You? 36:59 The Truth About Calorie Restriction 40:55 The Food You're Giving Your Children Might Be Hurting Them 43:16 Study Reveals How Sugar Makes You More Irritable 47:24 Hack 2: One Tablespoon of Vinegar a Day 48:37 Hack 3: Vegetables First 49:59 Hack 4: Exercising After Eating 51:55 I Tried 4 Glucose Hacks for 4 Weeks 01:02:01 How to Use Vinegar to Manage Glucose: A Step-by-Step Guide 01:03:56 The Link Between Visceral Fat and Glucose Spikes 01:05:55 The Scary Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer’s Disease 01:09:42 Are We Creating Medicine to Fix Unhealthy Food Habits? 01:15:00 The Hidden Agenda: Why Food Companies Add More Sugar to Their Products 01:19:13 The Link Between Glucose Spikes and Menopause 01:27:28 How Menopause Affects Glucose Spikes and What You Can Do 01:29:18 Does Coffee Cause Glucose Spikes? 01:35:19 The Last Guest Question

What I learned : I will use the 4 basic hacks for balancing/controlling glucose levels

Political Hypocrites and Economic Failures

https://globalnews.ca/news/10771596/nearly-13k-international-students-asylum-2024-data-shows/

Canada immigration seems to be able to integrate 250,000 vetted individuals each year. 

Come in and work - pay your bills and join the working , middle and professional class in Canada.

If properly operated over 10 years Canada enjoys growth and stability for 10 years.

Instead of having 2.5 million properly integrated individuals over 10 years - a "political decision" pushed 500,000 through and after only 3 years the system is overwhelmed forcing "program shut downs and severely restricted quotas".

Bringing in 500,000 overwhelmed the vetting process, overwhelms the settlement agencies, creates rent inflation and homelessness, overwhelms the free medical and hospital services and even overwhelms the food banks.

Criminals who slip through the rushed vetting: steal cars, plan terrorist activities, rob seniors, squat and destroy property, overwhelm the legal aid and court system and falsely claim to be legitimate students.

For the first time ever many new Canada arrivals of the 1,500,000 who were not properly vetted and integrated have suffered and are leaving, many are publishing their disgust and anger.

Canada will enjoy a bad social media name for the next 10 years.

Political Hypocrites Exposing Themselves (Again)

We see many USA political candidate statements using immigration to fuel division and hate as they ramp up for their November 2024 elections.

In Canada we have the same type of "monkey see monkey do" idiot politicians who think using immigration problems is a good political tool to get elected.

When you tell international students this is your 5 year immigration program please invest $50,000 each year  for the next 2 or 3 or 4 years. Then when your bad immigration plan fails and you do not grandfather these students after investing and deny them the path to immigration - this is fraud.

You can claim we "changed the program" we "moved the goalposts" but this does not change the basic fact that the Government of Canada defrauded these students.

The legitimate students who were told this program is changing reacted and said OK we left our home country and invested everything here in Canada now are denied our immigration path - technically we are now refugees - we claim asylum.

The legitimate students are the victims - do not blame the victims. 

Do not state that the legitimate students are abusing the system and do not say they are frauds.

The "liberals" made a "political decision" that created part of the problem.

The 95% of "conservative voters" that control and own the vast majority of housing in Canada perferred to build million dollar condos and mansions rather than affordable housing because it was more profitable and also created part of the problem.

Both sides have hypocrites trying to redirect blame for problems they created.