WATCH: I Used to Be in a Cult and Here's What It Did to My Brain | Diane Benscoter

WATCH: I Used to Be in a Cult and Here's What It Did to My Brain | Diane Benscoter

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My mind was closed, fixed, intolerantand impervious to change. I was an extremist.-- Diane Benscoter

 lExtremist leaders are addicts. Addiction is a powerful force. The addiction to power and/or money can affect the brain much like other types of addiction. The overwhelming desire to feed any form of addiction can eventually lead to a type of psychopathy. In the most dangerous circumstances charismatic leaders, under the influence of their addiction, can make a powerful and potentially deadly discovery. They can discover, and put into action, a set of manipulative tactics that prey on vulnerable segments of society.

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