User blog comment:AustinDR/Complete Monsters of 2017/@comment-3364901-20171226221409

the whole premise of Get Out is that the cult are fully aware of what they do, they aren't typical fanatics - they know what they are doing is wrong but don't give a crap.. the whole reason for the cult's existence was literally one man's jealousy of the fact a certain someone was better than him at things and he wanted to take it (I'll not name the person for spoilers but it is very much a case of petty asswipes being petty and thus it's not a surprise none of them really count as brainwashed / tragic).