Looking for something in common that rendered us stupid enough to fall into a cult - I think it is simply vulnerability. We're all vulnerable more or less, in similar and varying ways at different times in our lives. We all happened to be vulnerable for whatever reason when we got seduced into the cult.
It doesn't necessarily mean we remain stupid or vulnerable, but it might do. I don't really feel any shame mentioning to people I was in a cult (what cult? it doesn't matter, just a cult). It's the same as saying some bad luck happened when you happened to be vulnerable. Just life...
