But they can leave behind the same devastation if they manipulate an entire society. We have long underestimated the problem. That would be the emergency measure. Our primary weapon is information. We have to immunize society against this soul peddler.
Nobody can lead seeing people to their ruin.
But that happens sometimes anyway. Many former sect members report that they had been informed about the risks. That is the trick. This feigned friendliness is the bog in which people mire down. In it they believe they have found what society can no longer offer them.