Parts of the house setup pattern-match to a cult, cult members aren’t good at realizing when they need to leave, but their friends can probably tell much more easily.
(I don’t mean the above as negatively as it sounds connotatively, but it’s the most straightforward way to say what I think is the reason to want external people. I also think this reasoning degrades gracefully with the amount of cultishness.)
Yep, this is why I’m in favor of the “outside friend” norm. In particular, despite not planning to make a bad cult, if I accidentally do, I’m in favor of it being noticed as soon as possible, so it can either be fixed or dismantled.
Parts of the house setup pattern-match to a cult, cult members aren’t good at realizing when they need to leave, but their friends can probably tell much more easily.
(I don’t mean the above as negatively as it sounds connotatively, but it’s the most straightforward way to say what I think is the reason to want external people. I also think this reasoning degrades gracefully with the amount of cultishness.)
Yep, this is why I’m in favor of the “outside friend” norm. In particular, despite not planning to make a bad cult, if I accidentally do, I’m in favor of it being noticed as soon as possible, so it can either be fixed or dismantled.