Your Biggest Fear
Some people - and some groups - start their conversation with you by asking “what is your biggest fear?” Why would you ever answer that question?
DON’T ANSWER IT.
Is that how you get to know people? Asking them about their biggest vulnerability? No! Talking to people about your fears and weaknesses should happen after knowing them well for months.
Mark Vicente talked about this on the Cults to Consciousness podcast. NXIVM asked him about his biggest fears - and he answered. He regrets that because that knowledge was used to recruit him and keep him in the cult. They studied all his films and interviews to find out what he wanted, and then promised it to him.
Remember, cults want useful people. If Mark Vicente had an inoperable brain tumor that made filming impossible, NXIVM would have dumped him out an air chute. Cults target idealistic, intelligent and vulnerable people. People like that are useful. If you are not useful, you get chuc…
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