Here’s what Netflix’s Wild Wild Country doesn’t explain about cult leaders – The Verge

The Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country follows the saga of the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his cult in 1980s Oregon. But it doesn’t really address how it’s possible that thousands of people could just give up their lives, wear only maroon clothes, and blindly follow one man. What are the psychological mechanisms at play?
— Read on www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17275996/cult-leaders-psychology-bhagwan-shree-rajneesh-netflix-wild-wild-country