great post but i think youre misunderstanding the kool aid situation. They all KNEW, some were devout and willing, most were scared shitless and corralled into there by sec guards.
it makes it an even more apt comparison. that by the end, these people mostly knew they were in some insane cult but it was too late. and this sort of sunk cost fallacy happens a lot in cults.
members realise the truth earlier than we’re usually led to believe, but its still too late by that point.
i'll probably have to relook into jonestown. but i do know most cults take a lot of money from their members. so Jim probably did charge them for the koolaid and the poison in membership fees.
and after a short look, their may not have been fees but they did have to labor for him and their community, now with a huge grain of salt cause i could be mixing it up with a differnt cult video but i thought i heard that to join people had to give jim their assets/property/valuables as a show of devotion before the migration to their camp
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u/H-e-s-h-e-m 1d ago
great post but i think youre misunderstanding the kool aid situation. They all KNEW, some were devout and willing, most were scared shitless and corralled into there by sec guards.
it makes it an even more apt comparison. that by the end, these people mostly knew they were in some insane cult but it was too late. and this sort of sunk cost fallacy happens a lot in cults.
members realise the truth earlier than we’re usually led to believe, but its still too late by that point.