Has anyone been following the celebrity "Cult," trials of NXIVM? I've caught stories here and there. It seems as if a group of adults wanted to live like masters and slaves. Unless I'm missing something major, it sounds like consenting adults who were into S&M. I'm failing to see the crime. Anyone else?

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/al...randing-members

Seems consensual. And the woman Allison Mack is clearly a snitch who is trying to lessen her sentence. I can only hope her fellow female inmates treat the snitch accordingly.

So branding is bad in this particular cult, but it's perfectly fine for the masses across America to get the brand of vaccine they received, the date, and lot number tattoo'd on their body, which is what people are doing. Cults are bad, but it was okay for the government to isolate people in their homes and have 97% of people all wearing a face mask in public to be uniform.

I’ve read a lot about this and watched a documentary. I don’t think this was an S&M thing at all. Too long to explain here but I’d call it a cult and this guy made a ton of money off a lot of people. I think justice was served.

https://www.hbo.com/the-vow

In cults, you do make more money as a leader, but you have alot more fun as a follower

I'm not certain, but if I had to guess, I'd say the problem is the media.

I read the article. It goes on and on with "titillating" details about 'slaves' and "branding" and "vulnerable positions" and all kinds of crap - which is all legal, especially between consenting adults.

But they never once say this is what the defendants are being prosecuted for.

My guess? They are being prosecuted for tax evasion or postal fraud or something - and the media gets a whiff of the BDSM aspect and goes nuts with that, ignoring the real issues of the case.

Thanks for this link. The HBO series looks like great treadmill/ipad watching. The only articles I've seen on this subject are so vague. It is more about sensational headlines than real information on how people were coerced.

Yes, it is strange how details on actual crimes have been vague. Horrible coercion may have occurred. But, if this is just a kinky sex cult with submissive women who want to be branded...it sounds like a fetish event.

Luring in vulnerable people under false pretenses is sick. It is a spit in the eye to those of who find Ds life hot and fulfilling. I give these people no pity.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/16/us/nxivm-keith-raniere-trial/index.html

Minus the kinky sex practices, there are similarities between Nxivm and Scientology. The latter has enough money to get by with it.

I agree. Scientology is an example of a successful cult. Tbh imo you could say the same thing about the mainstream religions. I’d say there’s definite similarities between Scientology and NIXVM.