So many cults have been popping up in my social circles, among really smart and emotionally mature people I know, what the hell is happening? Have cults always been going on this strong or is there something new in the water?
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An unhealthy heirarchy, the belief that they are on an important mission only their techniques are good for, denial of self emotions to conform to the group, distancing from ppl outside the group
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People attempting to substitute religion with something else, in order to find purpose, meaning, moral guidance, and community.
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CA is big on this, there’s a long history...
Also maybe of interest:
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TIL there were an estimated 178 socialist, utopian social experiments in the US, trying things like free love...
in the 19th century (!!)
Here I was like a dumbass thinking all this started in the 1960s!
Source: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Rise of Communism (Great Courses)
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I imagine the pervading sense of nothing mattering, our lives as we know it ending, lack of place amongst chaos, makes people gravitate to whatever belief system provides a sense of control and purpose
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Scientific backing of possible future global catastrophe makes for an easier "we are here to save the world" pitch that serves as the rally point for many cults.
Also in times of uncertainty people are more prone to latch onto something/someone that seems to have answers.
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tunnel vision is easy to get in normal times...now it's something that one needs to defeat hourly
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