Steven Hassan Compares MAGA Movement to Chinese Communist Brainwashing

HASSAN However the good ░░░░░░░░ is it s not ░░░░░░░░ and people wake up ░░░░░░░░ they are embarrassed and ░░░░░░░░ as I have felt ░░░░░░░░ 1976 But more and ░░░░░░░░ people are leaving the ░░░░░░░░ cult and I do ░░░░░░░░ that it s important ░░░░░░░░ people not just yell ░░░░░░░░ people who are still ░░░░░░░░ in this delusion or ░░░░░░░░ their family and friends ░░░░░░░░ they have loved but ░░░░░░░░ doors and just say ░░░░░░░░ matter what I love ░░░░░░░░ You re my aunt ░░░░░░░░ uncle my sister my ░░░░░░░░ and ask questions in ░░░░░░░░ respectful curious way that ░░░░░░░░ them to start realizing ░░░░░░░░ have been conned and ░░░░░░░░ their minds have been ░░░░░░░░ Reid Right and I ░░░░░░░░ that people don t ░░░░░░░░ to believe they have ░░░░░░░░ conned Look my mother ░░░░░░░░ from Guyana She used ░░░░░░░░ have to correct people ░░░░░░░░ Jonestown was made up ░░░░░░░░ Americans in a cult ░░░░░░░░ was not a real ░░░░░░░░ in Guyana But whether ░░░░░░░░ s Jim Jones or ░░░░░░░░ Koresh or even Charles ░░░░░░░░ as you said intelligent ░░░░░░░░ people who had true ░░░░░░░░ fervor joined them believing ░░░░░░░░ were going to be ░░░░░░░░ to Jesus or to ░░░░░░░░ only for these men ░░░░░░░░ say Oh no by ░░░░░░░░ way I am the ░░░░░░░░ and savior Trump has ░░░░░░░░ that point where he ░░░░░░░░ done that pivot from ░░░░░░░░ that he s leading ░░░░░░░░ movement of believers to ░░░░░░░░ that the belief should ░░░░░░░░ in him that he ░░░░░░░░ the messiah Once you ░░░░░░░░ to that point where ░░░░░░░░ re now accepting that ░░░░░░░░ how do you walk ░░░░░░░░ back Is it just ░░░░░░░░ kindness and questions It ░░░░░░░░ to me it can ░░░░░░░░ be that simple HASSAN ░░░░░░░░ it s more But ░░░░░░░░ want to just challenge ░░░░░░░░ idea that Trump is ░░░░░░░░ genius and doing this ░░░░░░░░ himself Reid Yeah I ░░░░░░░░ with that HASSAN Mark ░░░░░░░░ who recruited him for ░░░░░░░░ Apprentice is part of ░░░░░░░░ Christian dominionism movement that ░░░░░░░░ to destroy the separation ░░░░░░░░ church and state Paula ░░░░░░░░ introduced him to New ░░░░░░░░ Reformation members and other ░░░░░░░░ who have some 40 ░░░░░░░░ Americans who are following ░░░░░░░░ who claim to be ░░░░░░░░ or prophets themselves Joy ░░░░░░░░ say God told them ░░░░░░░░ Trump won in 2020 ░░░░░░░░ ignore all the evidence ░░░░░░░░ this is Satan and ░░░░░░░░ s fake news right ░░░░░░░░ they re puppet masters ░░░░░░░░ I believe Vladimir Putin ░░░░░░░░ also Christian nationalists Nazis ░░░░░░░░ other people with agendas ░░░░░░░░ push fossil fuel oils ░░░░░░░░ that are manipulating these ░░░░░░░░ believers But to answer ░░░░░░░░ question the critical thing ░░░░░░░░ explaining the influence continuum ░░░░░░░░ ethical to unethical influence ░░░░░░░░ that ethical influence is ░░░░░░░░ consent respecting conscience and ░░░░░░░░ control authoritarian cultism creates ░░░░░░░░ dissociative disorder where people ░░░░░░░░ dependent and obedient they ░░░░░░░░ clones of the cult ░░░░░░░░ The critical thing with ░░░░░░░░ people is I recommend ░░░░░░░░ talk about Chinese communist ░░░░░░░░ and these methods and ░░░░░░░░ and traffickers because they ░░░░░░░░ use behavior control information ░░░░░░░░ thought control and emotional ░░░░░░░░ to create this new ░░░░░░░░ identity And by talking ░░░░░░░░ a group they agree ░░░░░░░░ a brainwashing group we ░░░░░░░░ backtrack and ask people ░░░░░░░░ think back before they ░░░░░░░░ believing in Trump Reid ░░░░░░░░ did they actually believe ░░░░░░░░ Including what did they ░░░░░░░░ about God and what ░░░░░░░░ they read actually in ░░░░░░░░ red letters of the ░░░░░░░░ Steven Hassan we are ░░░░░░░░ of time but thank ░░░░░░░░ very much Much appreciated ░░░░░░░░ ll have you back ░░░░░░░░ talk more about this.”