Hot take: The Twin Flames documentary was way overhyped compared to the NXIVM trial coverage

I watched both and NXIVM had actual crimes with prison time and victims coming forward in court, while Twin Flames felt more like people making bad life choices on the internet. Has anyone else noticed how much more serious the NXIVM case was legally?

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emma_wells8316h ago

Yeah, no contest there. NXIVM was way more serious with actual federal crimes.

the_oliver15h ago

@emma_wells83 Do you think the whole self-help guru thing is just a natural cover for controlling groups like that, or is it something else entirely?

lucast8114h ago

Different angle on this, @the_oliver. The self-help industry has plenty of bad actors sure, but most of them are just selling overpriced courses and bad advice. They are not setting up secret societies with branding marks and slave labor. The real problem is people looking for easy answers and giving too much trust to someone with a website and a TED talk. Calling self-help a natural cover for that level of control is like saying gym memberships are a natural cover for human trafficking rings.