Steven Hassan was a former member of the Moonies cult that obtained a PhD in psychology after being deprogrammed and has written books on the psychology of cult recruiting. Interestingly, he points out that the same tactics are often used by organizations that aren’t cults. I highly recommend reading one of his books!
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Organizations often put new employees through shared trauma to force a feeling of comraderie and submission to management so I don’t see why gangs would be any different.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Never thought about that before, but now I’m curious: what exactly makes a gang not a cult?
Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So like nursing where during clinicals you have to do a 48 on 24 off and 48 on and on during rotation?
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Oh man - health care is absolutely guilty of this. Residents and nurses go through hell to gain their professional credentials.
Case@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
I’m not clinical, but I worked in medical IT off and on.
The shit I would hear from clinical staff.
Had a senior surgeon call me because his application was frozen. Cool, cool, lets get that going - wait - you’re what - palpating a child’s heart to keep it beating in rhythm? There are back ups upon back ups for anything IT related in that scenario. Don’t call your overnight helpdesk with that shit, have your nurse write it down on paper. Fuck.
Most traumatic IT call I’ve ever had. Didn’t even care to solve his IT issue, just focused on patient care. My 20 something ass with a few years behind the desk told him to focus on the patient’s LIFE first and foremost, we can talk later.
Always great for an interview question though - how do you respond under stress? Well, lol…