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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wait but hearing about ppl currently in them, or hearing stories about ppl who were in and are now out?
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Both? I know ppl currently in one cult, I knew ppl in another one before it dissolved and then talked to them about it afterwards. Another cult isn't dissolved but a lot of ppl have left and told me about it, and I knew them back when they were in it too
yea in the case of ppl who already left, seems like cults being more in the zeitgeist in past years (Wild Wild Country, and more recently, anything NXIVM related) has made it a more approachable subject
perhaps remove tiny bit of stigma, or at least easier to even broach topic
Oh ... I see! When facts don't need data, when the truth falls the "good" of "a higher cause" and when absolute adherence to the rules is always demanded.
I've seen this on Facebook a lot! I'm new on twitter yet. "Twitter: teletype for the 21st century"
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