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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of our neighbors went to federal prison for massive fraud.

The couple was known to throw huge parties and take only their clique of fellow social strivers on lavish vacations and were very showy with their money. Joined the right faith community and clubs.

Oddly divisive in the neighborhood and school community with some pledging loyalty and writing character references or whatever that’s called in an attempt to lessen the sentence.

If you didn’t publicly show support (all over social media) or attend one of the many social gatherings the couple had thrown for them presentencing then you weren’t a friend. And this couple involved themselvesin just about every aspect of community living like HOA, PTA, sports, faith community, country club and charity work.

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This is the kind of story that, had I heard in my 20s, would have sounded far fetched. It just seems inexplicable -- why would grown adults with children side with criminals? It makes no sense.

But I'm in my 40s now and I know. Something I've discovered about the world is that it is full of personality cults. Most cults are not these dramatic religious communes or based on drug use or something. Most are just a charismatic person who figures out how to leverage their charisma for power. That's it. You find them in offices, neighborhoods, school communities. If you have never been witness to an exercise cult of some kind, you must steer well clear of gyms and workout classes because personality cults are practically required in those places. A lot of cults wind up being harmless -- people become obsessed with a person or group for a period of time, but then their kids leave that preschool or they move out of that neighborhood or that pilates studio closes, and they move on to the next thing. But yes, sometimes these cults are genuinely damaging and exploit people. [/quote]

OP here. A lot of this rings true. It sounds far-fetched or that your own neighborhood/community would never be so stupid, but yes, rallying around the bad actors - and being on the outs if, amazingly, you don't -- is exactly the herd mentally i've been dealing with and bewildered by, and our community's scenario is something much sadder and darker than financial fraud. [/quote]

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