I watched the whole video with Tania Diaz, and it was great. I liked how you chimed in as she went along explaining what happened, because it helped me understand the cult process better. Thank you, Steven Hassan, PhD.
This line hit like a tuning fork: “That hunger for meaning is precisely what cults prey upon.”
Thank you for naming the ache beneath it all—the part of us that longs to matter. Whether it’s ICOC or MAGA or some Silicon Valley breathwork-bro commune wrapped in crypto—these systems sniff out our longing like wolves sniffing out blood. They know how to mimic belonging. They know how to weaponize loyalty. And they absolutely know how to shame the doubter while rewarding the zealous.
Dr. Hassan, your continued work is a beacon. Not just for exposing cult dynamics—but for showing that education isn’t elitism, it’s the antidote to manipulation. You’re reminding folks that leaving one dogma doesn’t immunize you from the next. You still gotta compost the old narratives, or they’ll bloom again in new disguises.
Subscribing and sharing. May truth keep seeding itself in unexpected places.
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I watched the whole video with Tania Diaz, and it was great. I liked how you chimed in as she went along explaining what happened, because it helped me understand the cult process better. Thank you, Steven Hassan, PhD.
This line hit like a tuning fork: “That hunger for meaning is precisely what cults prey upon.”
Thank you for naming the ache beneath it all—the part of us that longs to matter. Whether it’s ICOC or MAGA or some Silicon Valley breathwork-bro commune wrapped in crypto—these systems sniff out our longing like wolves sniffing out blood. They know how to mimic belonging. They know how to weaponize loyalty. And they absolutely know how to shame the doubter while rewarding the zealous.
Dr. Hassan, your continued work is a beacon. Not just for exposing cult dynamics—but for showing that education isn’t elitism, it’s the antidote to manipulation. You’re reminding folks that leaving one dogma doesn’t immunize you from the next. You still gotta compost the old narratives, or they’ll bloom again in new disguises.
Subscribing and sharing. May truth keep seeding itself in unexpected places.
Thank you for the kind words!
Ask the women in the Epstein case. They tell the truth.