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Re:How the self-esteem craze took over America (2017) by mumblemumble on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:22PM (#25239345)
> It's almost the same as the prosperity gospel nonsense.

It's almost the prosperity gospel nonsense, but it's exactly the Amway nonsense.

There's a good Oglaf comic about this. "The real magic is manipulating people by telling them to believe in themselves. The more you believe, the less you check facts."

[1] (content warning: The one I'm linking is tame but it's generally a NSFW comic) https://www.oglaf.com/conviction/

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