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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Psychologically the more impactful a decision a person makes for their own life, the more likely they are to have a sense of correctness in their decision.

The problem is that they run into the situation where it becomes beyond obvious that they made the wrong decision so it completely destroys their own mental state. It's far more than a sense of regret, it's like how we always say they are living in an alternate reality. At some point a person begins to sense that their perception of reality is wrong. They either need to detrans or double down on that alternate reality. Otherwise something just breaks.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you interviewed a bunch of cult members if they are happy they joined the cult they'll invariably answer yes, because if they answer no they are former cult members.

If you ask someone who is brainwashed if they are brainwashed they'll answer no of course they aren't brainwashed so obviously it's rediculous to claim that they are brainwashed after they told you they aren't.