There are a handful of groups with systems of merit where you climb a social ladder/ranking hierarchy.
At a very high level, members will be invited to a retreat where they are given the option to commit a terrible crime. Usually this crime is a murder.
Those who choose to murder are given a "promotion". But what they don't know is that those who choose not to murder are given a similar "promotion".
Both of these two people will serve more or less together, and because of structural builtins, they don't discuss these rituals or promotions ever.
At the highest level, those who chose to commit the crime are the only ones who can achieve the highest ranks -
all the while, those who chose not to commit the crime are led to believe that was the only acceptable choice for the "organization".
It is not, and those people are just used for other things. Sometimes they are eliminated.
In the case that a person was to be murdered as the act of indoctrination; that person is always killed anyway.
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jokersmild ago
It's a good thing I'm not part of any secret societies... Sounds brutal.
Also, my religion is a nice one and doesn't require blood sacrifices.
MHole ago
Of the groups I am aware of which do this, none would have me as a member. My psychological profile is on record for those in the know, and I would never be invited.
I've done work for one of them though. I won't name them. But they scare the shit out of me lately.
BlowjaySimpson ago
What is your "work"?
MHole ago
Computer Networking basically.
I used to harvest data for some groups who had sharing agreements in place.
GoodGodKirk ago
NSA and the Five Hands?
MHole ago
Haha no that test as far as the NSA is concerned is how autistic you are. You don't need to hire a sociopath if an autist can do his job, as long as they are groomed properly to avoid ever considering certain aspects of their duties.
GoodGodKirk ago
The Mormon church? Or one of those churches in New Mexico? Heard there’s a few running some shady shit in NM. Some with connections to Africa and drug testing.
Heard that’s kinda how the Ebola outbreak occurred in Africa recently. Whoops, a tribesman left the contained area and infected others, causing an outbreak.
MHole ago
I don't like Mormons but they don't scare me because I wouldn't try and hurt their business.
kobold ago
five eyes
GoodGodKirk ago
I don’t know, they are circlejerking each other. (But thanks for the correction)