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Re:Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification C... by JHer on Thursday September 08, 2022 @10:45AM (#32766357)
Murakami wrote a non-fiction book about the Sarin attacks and the Aum cult, Underworld. I’m not sure if it’s accurate (he’s a fiction writer, afterall) but it’s very fascinating and sent many chills down my spine.
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Re:Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification C... by pessimizer on Thursday September 08, 2022 @02:18PM (#32769625)
Best way to understand Aum Shinrikyo is to watch the two ungooglable documentaries about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(1998_Japanese_film) and A2.

No different than other cults. A bunch of once aimless people who found purpose by subsuming their existences to the will of a venerated man (who teaches yoga in his apartment.)

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