People can be coerced into cult-like groups regardless of intelligence, beliefs or up-bringing. It can begin with a smile from a stranger or in today's modern times, an enticing message on the Internet. This is soon followed by manipulation, mind control, isolation, the breaking down of a human being's free will and ability to think rationally and eventually sometimes leads to death. The explanation for events such as the Waco Texas Suicide can be explained …showed first 75 words of 1432 total…

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