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[–]Chipit 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

telling vulnerable children to disconnect from their families, that they’re their new “sparkle” family

Scientology does the same thing.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Most cults do.

It's almost certain that a cult will attempt to replace the social circle of whomever is entering. Done through a variety of ways, dietary rules, alcohol prohibitions, declaring some inconsequential but regular part of life to be immoral. Partly because the cult has to compete for the attention of it's adherent, but also because cutting the person off from all other social circles means that the cult can then exploit them more. It all comes down to money. And how much they can collect.

In this case we see a child essentially tortured and abused on television for the entertainment of the masses and the profits of the network. It's like a modern colosseum where we go pay to watch people get maimed.

The colosseum was more morally defensible though as slaves fighting each other in deadly combat was a far more honorable activity than torturing children.