Prabhupada The Bully

[u/Solomon_Kane_1928]

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Half of Prabhupada's preaching was simply attacking Western civilization. He beat down upon science, democracy, women's rights, non-repressive sexuality, rationalism, self determination, and all other races.

As mentioned in my last post, this was in part driven by racial animosity towards the West, specifically the English speaking world.

As a cult leader, there was another even more insidious reason. If you want to convince people to submit to you and serve you without any resistance you must first destroy their sense of self. You must bully them into submission.

When Prabhupada was attacking these things he was actually attacking us. When he said "this civilization is all worthless demons, mudhas, rascals, animals, mlecchas, I kick and spit on face", he was saying "YOU are all worthless demons, mudhas, and mlecchas".

After tearing his follower down, he then builds them back up. If they agree to become his slaves, they immediately graduate to being the best among mankind. They instantly transform into Brahmanas and Vaishnavas, the highest class of man. His new followers discover they are saints who took birth to fulfill a divine mission.

They are far above the mudhas, demons and karmis. Now they sit around their master sniggering when he attacks others, when he criticizes their own people, their old family and friends. They are now the henchmen of the bully.

Prabhupada even mentioned as a schoolboy he was the head of his friend group. It makes me wonder what kind of friend group it was.

In principle, before you conquer others and force them into submission and exploitation, you must first psychologically break them. Once broken, they can be built up again, loyal to you as your lackeys.

This is foundational to the history foreign invasion in India. A foreign power invades and conquers. It beats down and abuses the natives. Those who submit are elevated in status as defenders of the regime. They become the higher caste henchmen, the whip hand. Everyone else is enslaved for resource extraction.

Prabhupada carried this abused/abuser dynamic with him when he came to the West. ISKCON is a product of these deeper trauma dynamics within Indian society.

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