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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[XMEN] How likely is it that Prof X is just mind controlling those poor kids.

OK let me start off by pointing out that this guys super power is literally mind control. O.K so anyway this guy with mind control powers manages to convince a bunch of teenagers to fight and die against his adversary for his cause. 

Isn't that how must cults work? Isn't that how isis works?
gpt
Very likely. In fact this was a major point of contention which made Cyclops kick Xavier out of the X-Men (one of several reasons). When the O5 were brought in, he manipulated them quite a bit because it was "for the greater good".               

Now most X-Men are taught how to defend themselves against telepaths. They can resists small scale attacks and are aware of more powerful ones so it isn't that easy for Xavier anymore. But when the X-Men were first formed, he did abuse his powers.