Do you believe that cults start, when loyal people, don't realize they're being used/abused?

[Anonymous]

I think it's directly the correlation, of a cult. Some leader, thinks he can control people, because he thinks they're loyal to him, and they can "do no wrong', only to then realize, they're being abused, and used. Like with Jim Jones

[strateguy632]

They know they are giving money, but think it is for a good cause, due to a charismatic leader like in waco.

[jshm2]

No. There are many books on the matter.

Most cults start off benign, and the abuse starts when the power gets to the head.

[Dargil]

Cults start when people need something to believe in and. use it to judge others and make themselves feel superior. The climate change movement is a cult. The Ku Klux Klan is a cult.

[jahaims]

A cult is stupid people being manipulated