I've been reading about Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader infamous for the Tate - LaBianca murders committed in the summer of 1969. Manson was a violent criminal with a long criminal history, He did just about everything. He was a pimp, a rapist, a murderer, a thief a drug dealer and more.
Yet he was able to convince up to 25 people, mostly young women to do anything he wanted, literally anything, including murder. Not only that some of them were happy to do it and support him to this day.
I assumed his disciples were of low intelligence but that wasn't the case. One example is Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, best known for trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford. She was said to be a brilliant student and was a national honor student. Her father was an aeronautical engineer. Yet to this day she worships Manson. She has said that she was proud to have helped Manson by being a prostitute, which is what Manson made her.
I'm always amazed about how people such as Manson manage to get others under their control. What are they doing and saying to make it happen? I also see a direct parallel to antifa members today, They're like Manson's followers. They'll do anything they're told including murder.