Sarah* is one of many young girls speaking out about the ‘child-abuse institutions’ up and down the US that are still existing unchecked
    • Crewman@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      The fact that places like can exist terrific me. The people that prop up those systems are absolute scum.

      • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        I only found out about it less than a month ago, also from a lemmy comment.

        I sometimes think my teen years were traumatic, which they were, but compared to everyone sent to Élan I definitely had it good.

        The fact that it was eventually closed down because of online activism makes me an even stronger supporter of a free and open Internet.

    • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      That story is horrifying on so many levels. If even half the claims in there are true, all the “adults” involved deserve the slowest, most painful death imaginable.

        • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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          3 months ago

          I’m not trying to sound “actually”, abusive cults were around before the 1950s.

          And none of them are standalone or limited edition.

          • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Synanon in particular seems to come up quite a lot in and around the troubled teen industry.

            Though I’m admittedly not an expert in any of this.

    • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      I’ve been reading this on and off all day and god damn is it an absolute fucking roller coaster of a story! Thank you for sharing this.