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nostr:npub16stsgq9pr0wpwva2sz2gvetvq65hdvph4fu8u6g30wey30wmx3sskqkrzm I wasn't disagreeing at all. I was suggesting that the people who cultified around Trump had already cultified - around their religion.
nostr:npub1lnmwn6lz822geh8h0uu483j5eewmrm3vadw89rx9258qq59ega7sqd624t Ahh. Yes.
Cult: a small, unpopular religion.
Religion: a large, popular cult.
We also need a new definition of "delusion" and "psychosis."
nostr:npub16stsgq9pr0wpwva2sz2gvetvq65hdvph4fu8u6g30wey30wmx3sskqkrzm Agree. We're going to have to expand our definition of what constitutes a "cult".
nostr:npub1lnmwn6lz822geh8h0uu483j5eewmrm3vadw89rx9258qq59ega7sqd624t I know of at least one leading cult expert who has no problem calling it a cult. He even wrote a book about it. https://www.amazon.com/Cult-Trump-Leading-Explains-President/dp/1982127333
The difference between a con and a cult is that when you debunk a con, the victims get mad at the con artist, but when you debunk a cult, the victims get mad at *you.*
MAGAts look like suckers, but they're in deeper than that. They're cult members. Their very identities require T---p be perfect, so they fully and eagerly inhabit a fantasy world.
We need to get better as a culture at cult-proofing students and cult deprogramming adults.