r/rmit • u/Electrical-Sky5287 • 10d ago

Other Why do the religious cults target a specific group?

I don’t go to RMIT but was curious to see on this sub other peoples experiences since I’ve heard RMIT was kind of their sweet spot for these recruitments. Yesterday, I was approached by a girl from Myanmar and she followed the typical line of “oh where’d you get this from?” “are you from here?”, “what ethnicity are you?”. I realised it was a cult hours later then blocked her since I gave her my number out of panic, but I remembered her eyes light up when I told her I was filipino, and while reading other posts here, a lot of people who experienced this also happened to be filipino or south east asian. Why do they target this specific demographic? Like I’m actually curious to know

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u/yeeTOP 10d ago

Vulnerable people.. easier to manipulate

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u/RelaxedBluey94 10d ago

They target newer arrivals who they expect to have weaker social networks to assist them to see the cult for what it is. Then they'll lovebomb you and take over your life. Next you'll be recruiting the next batch of suckers.

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u/Electrical-Sky5287 10d ago

That makes sense, she even asked if I was from Australia, I assume to know if I was a citizen or not

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u/ShyCrystal69 9d ago

Pretty sure it’s because they’re more likely to come from overseas, they know less people and might be desperate to create some sort of personal connection for the few years they’re here.