How cults brainwash
Step 8: The dispensing of existence.
“...the totalist environment draws a sharp line between those whose right to existence can be recognized, and those who possess no such right. In practice, this has led to an 'ends justify the means”'attitude among destructive cult leaders."
https://www.cultnews101.com/1992/12/deprogramming-case-study-part-1.html