Someone actually said "we disapprove of you enough to bring social pressure to bear." Does that ever work? Really?
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I figure that communities are structures of mutual support. Cults are structures of control.
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i doubt you'll really find many that are just one or the other but emphasis is important i'm sure
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hmm... that's probably true, but.... no I don't think that's true. I've experienced both, they're quite distinct.
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you don't think a community is just controlling you in ways you don't mind and a cult is just supporting you in ways you don't notice?
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ironically market traders are not in competition with each other to the same degree. You get a pitch, and you're not special.
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oh i was just thinking that a fun correlative is that communities as you mean them are characterized by humility and cults by hubris
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like, in a community, nobody thinks they're too precious to have a bad day or get mad or sad or put up with somebody they find odious
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but point at anything that gets called a cult and it's built to absolutely eradicate those kinds of experiences, for the elect at least
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that'll count against you when the revolution comes, comrade ;-)
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oh, it's much too late for not going up against the wall
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