Frank Westerman over de massazelfmoord in Jonestown

from De Groene Amsterdammer Podcast · host De Groene Amsterdammer

‘Don’t drink the Kool-Aid’ is inmiddels een veelgebruikte uitdrukking, die de toehoorder op het hart drukt niet zomaar de woorden van een charismatische leider aan te nemen. De uitspraak is geïnspireerd op de zogenoemde Jonestown Massacre, waarbij sekteleider Jim Jones zijn 915 volgelingen overtuigde zelfmoord te plegen door het drinken van Kool-Aid vermengd met cyanide. Voor zijn nieuwe boek Hotel De Wereld: Wageningen, Suriname en andere postkoloniale tragedies bezoekt Frank Westerman de jungle van Guyana, waar de dramatische gebeurtenis zich bijna vijftig jaar geleden afspeelde. Hoe kreeg Jones zijn volgelingen zo ver hem te volgen? En waarom is het zoveel makkelijker om iets af te breken dan om iets op te bouwen? Over deze vragen spreekt hij deze week in de podcast, terwijl hij tegelijk pleit voor twijfel en nieuwsgierigheid. Als jonge, bevlogen ontwikkelingshulpstudent in Wageningen was hij namelijk op veel vlakken zekerder van zijn zaak dan nu. Productie: Eva Markx en Kees van den Bosch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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