Chase Hughes

And I think for people that are asking questions, which may be the type of people that are joining these cults. They're questioning things in their life. Our brains are naturally attracted to certainty and authority. And we can talk about men. Authority is what we probably should talk about. But we're attracted to that.

And our brains, the mammalian part of our brain, will simply follow somebody that is easily followed. Like what is the clearest signal? It's not the smartest person in the room, not the best idea. What's the clearest signal that's pointing in a direction that I can follow?

And our brains, the mammalian part of our brain, will simply follow somebody that is easily followed. Like what is the clearest signal? It's not the smartest person in the room, not the best idea. What's the clearest signal that's pointing in a direction that I can follow?

And our brains, the mammalian part of our brain, will simply follow somebody that is easily followed. Like what is the clearest signal? It's not the smartest person in the room, not the best idea. What's the clearest signal that's pointing in a direction that I can follow?

And our brains will just default to once we trust that authority figure, we're automatically going to assign good traits to them. We're going to think that they're a good person. We're a good person because we're aligning with this person just because they were followable. So it's a clear message.

And our brains will just default to once we trust that authority figure, we're automatically going to assign good traits to them. We're going to think that they're a good person. We're a good person because we're aligning with this person just because they were followable. So it's a clear message.

And our brains will just default to once we trust that authority figure, we're automatically going to assign good traits to them. We're going to think that they're a good person. We're a good person because we're aligning with this person just because they were followable. So it's a clear message.

I signed a ridiculous nondisclosure agreement with each one of them individually.

I signed a ridiculous nondisclosure agreement with each one of them individually.

I signed a ridiculous nondisclosure agreement with each one of them individually.

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

The main organization did not know I was there.

The main organization did not know I was there.

The main organization did not know I was there.

And it was mostly they would go around the mall. They spend time around these shopping mall areas and talk to people. Yeah. And it was like – it was all kind of very basic at the beginning. So cults indoctrination is a longer process. It's not like, hey, let me talk to you for five minutes and you're like, yeah, I'll join your cults and we'll worship aliens and stuff together.

And it was mostly they would go around the mall. They spend time around these shopping mall areas and talk to people. Yeah. And it was like – it was all kind of very basic at the beginning. So cults indoctrination is a longer process. It's not like, hey, let me talk to you for five minutes and you're like, yeah, I'll join your cults and we'll worship aliens and stuff together.

And it was mostly they would go around the mall. They spend time around these shopping mall areas and talk to people. Yeah. And it was like – it was all kind of very basic at the beginning. So cults indoctrination is a longer process. It's not like, hey, let me talk to you for five minutes and you're like, yeah, I'll join your cults and we'll worship aliens and stuff together.

It's a long process where like the deviation escalation continues to increase over time. And it's the exact same way if you're programming some Manchurian candidate or if you're a hypnotist and you're seeing a client, you want to get them to deviate from their normal behaviors, right, to fix their behavior. So it's not all bad.