In a world where institutions are failing or seeing a loss of legitimacy, any group of people who strongly believe in a shared mission or are outwardly enthusiastic about one will be described as a cult.
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On flip side. This makes it very nonarbitraged out when it's done successfully. Making doing it more effective rn
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Idk why people are giving you flack. Living in NYC, I strongly agree. We don't really have a better word for a group of people intentionally/passionately moving towards a shared goal as a group other than a cult I guess.
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My friends and I joke all the time that we'll start one when defined that way. There's so much potential for coordinated good in the world!
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naysayers are correct in this particular instance, though. your general point may be true but also has no bearing on truth-finding.
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Part of why it's so confusing is that modern cults are run like business communities
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Agreed. Article that expands on this idea: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/03/25/is-everything-a-religion/ … It's a bad sign that our first impulse when encountering an unfamiliar healthy community is that it's a cult.
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