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Humans are capable of incredible evil and can cause untold harm onto each other.

We don't get to exclude humans who commit great evil from humanity just because it is convenient and makes us feel better, because the second we do that we do that we lose the ability to be able to discern that we, ourselves, are capable of these things, as well.

In the wrong scenario, in the wrong mindset, with the wrong cultural conditions, we could be the ones committing that evil.

Yes this includes Zionists.

Yes this includes billionaires.

Yes this includes Christian nationalists and white supremacists.

Yes this includes ICE agents and imperial militaries.

Yes this includes racists, misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, ablests and any kind of bigot of any and all political affiliation.

Dr. Kelley wrote a book about his experiences following the Nuremberg trials wherein he concluded that there was no special psychology that made Nazis and the highest-ranking Nazi officials in particular especially evil. There was nothing that separated the "good guys" from the bad guys in terms of psychological status or mental functioning. Evil couldn't be predicted in the human psyche or diagnosed and treated in the same way as a legitimate mental illness. Being a horrible human doesn't mean there's something wrong or sick about you; it's something everyone is capable of to some degree. But in the post-WWII era especially, this was highly unpopular to say, and Dr. Kelley's book failed, which was a contributing factor to his death by suicide in the 1950s.

In my criminal justice minor in undergraduate school, we learned that perpetrators of mass violence rarely are diagnosed with any pathology or definable illness. People would often ask me, "Don't you think there has to be something wrong with you to want to do that, though?" The answer is no, I don't think that. The truth is that humanity is capable of many depraved and violent acts, just the same as humanity is capable of great warmth and love. The same humans who scream in the streets for better treatment for our unhoused neighbors could one day brick a cop in the face so hard that he dies. It's in pretty much all of us.

they return to the cult, even more entrenched

they join a different cult

they commit suicide

I realize many of these people have hurt and pushed away the ones who love them. I realize many of us have gone no- or minimal contact as a result, deprogamming takes *years* that you may not want to hold their hands through, some (like mine) are in MAGA because of pre-existing beliefs they still hold onto, and only you can gauge the situation you're in if they do tell you they're having second thoughts.

For those of us that experience a lot of the lasting effects of trauma from cults, high-control religion or groups, political agendas, etc., it can be a lot to take on to have to engage with repeated missteps and difficult interactions where things rhyme with previous trauma. It would be ideal if people could swing the pendulum and be completely changed overnight when they leave such a group or movement.