Another member of the old Conservative Conspiracy Forum highlighted a feature that is often found in cults when she said this:
“Personal loyalty and love must be sacrificed for 'the cause'.”
This is very true. Such sacrifices are standard practice in many sinister organisations.
The article about the inversion of values in cult members contains some examples of people ignoring their personal responsibilities in favour of working for the cause; it is even worse when cult members cut their personal connections altogether. I have seen some examples and been on the receiving end of this myself. Many more examples can be found online, including admissions from ex-members.
This article contains more recycled material from my posts on the old forum.
“So why would a cult member cut all contact with you? There are several possible reasons. We know that a non-member might be dropped for rocking the boat by saying the wrong thing, criticising the organisation, the lifestyle or the leader or asking awkward questions. This is unforgivable in their eyes.”
This applies to individuals who question various aspects of the organisation rather than a member's entire network of connections; it is what happened to me when I asked about some disturbing information I had read.
“They may be telling you indirectly that they have better, higher, more important things to do than socialise with an unbeliever.
