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Originally Posted by arcangel
Yes, excellent post. Maybe it will help me to understand a bit about why some people, particularly women, seem drawn to charlatans and con artists. I'm wondering how the Jim Jones flock perceived Jones and how they viewed themselves.
Or the Manson girls. You could wonder if they were genetically predisposed to following someone they perceived as a wise guru figure. Their character traits must have been very interesting to research psychologists.
I thought the phenomena of groupies was interesting...until I met a few of them.
Well, the phenomena itself was kind of interesting...the groupies themselves were rather boring.
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There is something about those people. I'm not sure what that something is, exactly. But they have common traits which ... "trigger" certain darker aspects of my personality. Regarding cult members, they're "missing something." They're usually insecure, and they're looking for some purpose or meaning in their life to fill that void.
There aren't many studies on the genetic factors of susceptibility to victimization (because that would imply that there's something wrong with the victims, which would be stepping on a lot of toes). However, I've read a few proposals for studies, mostly in the field of evolutionary psychology. Interesting stuff...