How to Prevent Memetic Abuse
There are certain psychological conditions that create an especially high level of vulnerability to manipulation.
Low self-esteem, loneliness and cognitive dissonance are good examples.
Use Memetic Condoms – Protect Your Brain!!!
Malaria is a disease that affects hundreds of millions of people every year. Despite a clear need, no vaccine offering a high level of protection currently exists. Mosquito nets create a protective barrier against malaria-carrying mosquitoes that bite at night. It is obvious why the effort is made to prevent potential victims from being infected with the disease. At the same time, scientists work tirelessly to find a vaccine and to eradicate the disease.
Similarly, there is still no vaccine for HIV/AIDS. Much like mosquito nets for malaria prevention, the use of condoms has been widely recognized as a key to HIV/AIDS prevention until a cure or vaccine can be found.
Why I am Dedicated to Prevention
For a number of years after I left the Moonies I was part of an underground railroad, of sorts, helping families attempt to free their loved ones from cults like the one I had been involved in.
One of the key reasons deprogramming – or exit counseling – works is that it takes the victim out of the milieu which constantly re-enforces this type of circular logic.
The need to remove the victim from their environment is also one of the main problems with the process. Families often felt their only option was an involuntary intervention. The legal issues involved with involuntary deprogramming led to my arrest for kidnapping. (It was the 80’s…excuse the mullet)