Bad Vegan Sarma Melngailis Explains Brainwashing
September 29, 2025
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as posted by the channelHow do cult leaders, manipulators, and even law enforcement extract obedience or false confessions?
In this clip from Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steven Hassan, Sarma Melngailis, subject of Netflix's Bad Vegan and author of The Girl with the Duck Tattoo, reveals how coercive control works: isolation, pressure, manipulation, and relentless breaking down of your defenses until “just do what we say” feels like the only way out.
Watch the full episode to learn how predators, cults, and abusive systems weaponize hypnosis, NLP, gaslighting, trauma bonding, and undue influence — and how to spot the red flags before it happens to you.
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