The Jonestown MassacreThe Jonestown Massacre was a horrible tragedy, which claimed the lives of over 900 innocent people and could probably be the most corrupt and horrific experience that the American government has ever conducted. To learn more about the massacre, you need to know a little about the man behind it, Reverend Jim Jones. Jim Jones was the son of a Klansman and considered himself a reincarnation of Jesus and Lenin. (Lenin was a Russian revolutionary who helped bring socialism to Russia.) He was said to be paranoid about the American government, but was later discovered to have been working for it. He was a well-known person in San Francisco because he was the leader of the People's Temple and also because he was chairman of the Housing Department and he and his church won many humanitarian awards. He was called “Father” by the members of the People’s Temple. The People's Temple was the so-called "church" that Jones established. People joined the People's Temple for different reasons; a political statement, structure, discipline or means of escape from violence, alcohol and drugs. Regardless of why they joined, when they participated in something, they stayed there. Jim Jones was a mastermind when it came to brainwashing, and that's exactly what he did to all of his followers. He had many tactics; He was an excellent speaker and incredibly convincing, staging fake cures and using narcotics on his followers to make them believe almost anything. While he was doing all this brainwashing, he was stealing money from people, raping the young women and girls in his church, and most of all, murdering those who seemed a threat to his church or who attempted to leave her. Eventually, the People's Temple was destroyed. Investigated by the police, Jim Jones therefore moved it to the jungle of Guyana, he called this place Jonestown. Jonestown was his idea of ​​the perfect community. It was based on the ideals of socialism and communism, and everyone worked