Another system somehow takes priority over family love and morality. Same way addicts will sacrifice their families for a fix.

We’re emotional creatures; it’s unavoidable. Our higher functions just direct that intense machinery. And it’s all the same pathways in the brain.

If some evil murdering group fills your emotional needs and makes you feel you belong to something greater in ways your family doesn’t, that’s the first step.

A lot of organizations make it very plain, “we’re your family now” or “we’re your religion now.” And the people that appeals to readily buy in.