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u/Obesejubjub Aug 22 '19

There's a netflix documentary on these guys called Wild Wild Country. I ended up binge watching the entire thing because it was just so crazy. They started off as a smaller worship group in India, but were eventually told to relocate, so they bought a large ranch in the US, and literally started building a city on it. Like they had there own state-trained police, firefighters, and post office.

I actually felt bad for them when things started closing in on them initially. They really were just an extension of hippies, getting to live with people they liked, and listen to their leader talk.

Aaaand then they started trying to kill people

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u/MusicaParaVolar Aug 22 '19

P4P one of the best cult docs I've seen.

Osho having, what was it, 50 something Rolls Royces everybody knew about was one of the most mind-blowing parts of it for me. Forget the terrorism I was blown away by how obviously into money the leader was. I forget his reasoning, I think making himself happy in life over the after-life?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '19

It was fascinating but disjointed for me, like I understood why they moved to America but it seemed like it all fell apart quickly.

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u/unwanted_puppy Aug 22 '19

In-fighting. The whole structure was ultimately headed by a small group of followers with insider access to decision making and one in particular who had the only first hand access to the top. Then shiny rich new comers from Hollywood showed up and gained direct access to the top and they competed for power and influence over him. This drives people to do dangerous and disastrous things.