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- Obedience. Among the most infamous research in the field of psychology is Stanley Milgram’s work on obedience. You can read more about the details here, but the gist is that everyday adults agreed to give innocent victims electric shocks simply because a person of authority instructed them that “the experiment must go on.”
- Deindividuation. According to The Vow, Raniere was a big fan of another infamous psychological experiment: The Stanford Prison Study. In this study, young, mentally healthy men were randomly assigned to serve as prisoner or guard in a mock prison constructed in the basement of a Stanford University building.
- Depletion. Research conducted by Edward Burkley shows that exerting self-control weakens our ability to counteract others’ persuasive messages. Put another way, if you deplete people of their self-control, they become more vulnerable to brainwashing.
NXIVM (/ ˈ n ɛ k s i ə m / NEK-see-əm) was a cult led by convicted racketeer and sex offender Keith Raniere. NXIVM is also the name of the defunct company that Raniere founded in 1998, which provided seminars ostensibly about human potential development, and served as a front organization for criminal activity by Raniere and his close ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Clare Bronfman, a NXIVM executive board member and Seagram's liquor heiress, was sentenced to 81 months in prison on September 30, on charges of concealing immigrants and ID fraud.
- Julia Naftulin
Aug 11, 2021 · NXIVM was a cult disguised as a multi-level marketing enterprise and self-help group. Founded in the 1990s by Keith Raniere, the cult gained many followers and thrived throughout the years until it was exposed by former members as a sex cult that involved physical, mental, and emotional abuse.
- Jean Mendoza
Oct 27, 2020 · According to therapist Kelly Scott, Nxivm leader Keith Raniere employed science-backed theory to make his manipulation seem reasonable to followers.
- Julia Naftulin
Jul 5, 2023 · Several members of the group, including the leader, Keith Raniere, were charged with various crimes and ordered to serve time in prison.
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Jun 14, 2019 · Former Nxivm members testified they were brainwashed into being branded and assigned to have sex with him.
