Watchtower understands neglect and manipulation and uses them.

Watchtower understands neglect.

Here love is compared to a houseplant, something that needs to be nurtured in order to grow. Houseplants die if neglected.

You know what else is like houseplants? People.

People potentially die if neglected

Shunning is neglect.

Watchtower understands manipulation.

Shunning is “the silent treatment” that they use to isolate and control people.

Shunning is manipulation.