Cult members don't know they're in a cult until it's too late, usually.   This is like a new religion and the handheld device is god.  

Canada is being affected by this stuff.  A lot of my relatives are older now.  They all have phones now.  That generation has been brainwashed since birth.  Their television commercials used to have doctors selling cigs.  They used to duck and cover under their desks in school to hide from the war propaganda.  Now, I'll hear them talking, and for some strange reason they care about USA politics.  They're angry at times for no reason and what some say is parroted straight from the news source.  They're not even thinking for themselves.  The youngest generation doesn't even know what's hitting them.  To them it's normal and that's dangerous.